https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Dusting-off-the-Archives-Connecting-Historical-Renters-Activism-to-Contemporary.html https://metropolitics.org/Dusting-off-the-Archives-Connecting-Historical-Renters-Activism-to-Contemporary.html 2025-03-05T06:00:00Z text/html en Céline Drieskens housing right to housing right to the city housing justice community organizing tenants archives Belgium Brussels <p>Drawing parallels between the first renters' union in Brussels and the contemporary efforts of WUUNE, a newly formed independent renters' union, this essay advocates for community archives as one (of many) tools in the pursuit of housing justice. <br class='autobr' /> ---- Series: Horizons in the Housing Struggle It is February 29, 2024, when I first ring the doorbell of Albert Martens' home in Schaerbeek, Brussels. The 84-year-old housing activist and sociologist invites me into his attic office, in the house he</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-housing-+.html" rel="tag">housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-right-to-housing-+.html" rel="tag">right to housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-right-to-the-city-+.html" rel="tag">right to the city</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-housing-justice-+.html" rel="tag">housing justice</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-community-organizing-+.html" rel="tag">community organizing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-tenants-+.html" rel="tag">tenants</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-archives-+.html" rel="tag">archives</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Belgium-+.html" rel="tag">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Brussels-+.html" rel="tag">Brussels</a>