Huurders Netwerk Amsterdam (HNA) is critical of the proposed Amsterdam Approach to Public Housing (AAV) by the City of Amsterdam. ”We are positive that an extensive consultation process was organized for the AAV but feel that this plan offers little protection to tenants in Amsterdam,” says a network member of the HNA. The HNA has therefore responded with a comprehensive response to this view. To turn the tide and create equal opportunities for house seekers, tenants and buyers, a radically different policy is needed. In the proposed approach, we see no measure that puts a spoke in the wheel of the housing market as an inequality machine.
AAV offers tenants little protection
According to the HNA, this AAV gives tenants little protection and this approach does little or nothing to improve the position of tenants. With income staying the same, housing costs will continue to grow with this approach. This means poverty will continue to grow and insecurity for renters.
Gap between renters and buyers is not narrowing
The AAV’s analysis uses facts and figures to illustrate well the extent of the housing shortage. The disastrous consequences of the housing policies of recent years are thus well revealed. It has led to a great housing shortage and a growing gap between renters and buyers. The AAV pays scant attention to this gap. For renters and their children, buying a home has become virtually unfeasible. While research shows that many home seekers would prefer to buy. The HNA believes that more research should be done on this gap and more extensive consideration should be given to how this gap can be reduced.
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