Across Europe, millions of us face skyrocketing rents and closures of vital public spaces. The fightback against developers protecting their profit margins can seem hopeless. Against this backdrop, participants from Rome, Berlin and Marseille’s housing movements and Neapolitan commoners joined forces to host an online skillshare session on creative use of law in reclaiming public spaces and re-socialising housing. Legal expert-activists moderated the group discussions and presented about their work.
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#4 Creative Use of the Law in Reclaiming Public Space and Re-socialising Housing
Across Europe, millions of us face skyrocketing rents and closures of vital public spaces. The fightback against developers protecting their profit margins can seem hopeless. Against this backdrop, participants from Rome, Berlin and Marseille’s housing movements and Neapolitan commoners joined forces to host an online skillshare session on creative use of law in reclaiming public spaces and re-socialising housing. Legal expert-activists moderated the group discussions and presented about their work.
Held on as part of a series of four online skillshares by the European Municipalist Network (EMN), the session explored practices of legal hacking and transformation implemented by activist organisations and professionals from different European countries. It aimed to provide the participants with knowledge and insights about housing and public-private partnerships on public spaces, as well as activism in community assemblies, strategic public works and decisions.
