This means that the housing problem in Amsterdam and the surrounding area is far from resolved, says Teun Otte, chairman of Student Trade Union ASVA. “It is half a cloth for bleeding, this project. We are struggling with a shortage of many thousands of homes, and then a few hundred and maybe a few thousand of those temporary homes will not help.”
According to the Amstelveen alderman Floor Gordon, there is a good reason for the decision to make the houses Short Stay. “That has everything to do with the low -flying aircraft of Schiphol, we simply cannot do anything else. But we hope to be able to show that long -term loyalty is possible with research at those first few hundred homes.”
End in sight for squatters community
The green light of the minister also means that the Krakenburg Krakerscommune came to an end, which arose two years ago on the fallow terrain. They will have to look for a new place to live with mixed feelings, says resident Sky. “We wanted to prove that you can really live in this area. So that there are finally homes are getting good, but Short Stay is relatively expensive and you cannot always register there. It therefore feels very much like half a solution.”