E.T.C.DeeWhat’s wrong with academia.edu? Is socarxiv a good alternative?I’m not sure if anyone really thinks that academic social networking sites like academia.edu and researchgate are actually all that great…Mar 8, 2017Mar 8, 2017
E.T.C.DeeThe vacancy crunch: The current housing crisis in the Netherlands and the repression of squattingRecently, an opportunity to discuss the current housing crisis in the Netherlands was wasted. The government published a report evaluating…May 14, 2016May 14, 2016
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsWhite collar crime gets results!The Vestia scandal was by far the biggest corruption case concerning Dutch housing corporations. Under the leadership of Erik Staal, Vestia…Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016
E.T.C.DeeinFighting GentrificationPoor Old Villa van WaningVilla van Waning was built in 1898 as the headquarters of the van Waning cement factory in Rotterdam. At a certain point the company moved…Nov 9, 2015Nov 9, 2015
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsThe Last Words of Mollenkamp: I’ve been through hellSo as the trial of Mollenkamp winds down, we can only wonder if he will actually get jail time. The former director of the Rochdale housing…Nov 6, 2015Nov 6, 2015
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsSome good news from the sector!To be honest I was not expecting to report any good news from the housing corporation sector in the Netherlands, but I just read the BEST…Nov 4, 2015Nov 4, 2015
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsWhite collar criminal gets slap on wristThis week a former director of Wooninvest, a Leidschendam-Voorburg based housing corporation, was sentenced to 240 hours community swervice…Oct 31, 2015Oct 31, 2015
E.T.C.DeeSquatting, Mainstream Media Discourses and IdentityWritten with Galvao Debelle dos Santos for the book Making Room: Cultural Production in Occupied Spaces, available as a free pdf.Oct 31, 2015Oct 31, 2015
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsMollenkamp faces three years in jailWell, he’s sure to get less in the end but it’s nice to think of the scumbag getting some jail time. To recap, Hubert Mollenkamp was the…Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015
E.T.C.DeeinThe fall of the sun kingsSun kings and steam linersThe official inquiry into the Dutch housing corporation corruption scandal, published in late 2014, condemned the “sun kings” who swanned…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
