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The “Convention on the Use of Space” is a legal instrument drafted between March and May 2015 in the Netherlands as a response to the housing crisis: the lack of affordable homes, absence of provisions for those without legal right to stay, rising rents, and the criminalization of squatting. The writing process entailed a series of public drafting meetings with a diverse range of participants: lawyers, activists, academics, squatters, researchers, and cultural workers. Future public reviews will be held in different European countries with the hope of producing a “European Convention on the Use of Space.”

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