Civil activists occupy vacant building in Budapest

Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Activists of civil group A Varos Mindenkie (AVM, the City Belongs to Everyone) on Saturday entered and occupied a building in Budapest which has stood unused for nearly 20 years.

The building, in central Budapest’s 6th district, is owned by an offshore company, AVM told MTI. Some 60 AVM activists and supporters are at the site, holding lectures and making music to demonstrate how vacant facilities could be utilised.

AVM seeks to focus attention on the fact that a many Hungarians have housing problems, whereas hundreds of thousands of properties are not used for any purpose. A lot of such properties could be made into affordable rentals, the group said.

Photo: MTI – Bea Kallos

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters