Demonstrators shouted through speakers, carrying banners with subtitles, among others. “The church has made us hell”, “On the pavement in the name of God”. It besides got to the city authorities — posters featured inscriptions specified as “City on the leash of the Church” or “Enough antisocial housing policy”.
As reported on the Facebook profile "Sociality of residents defends Malta's Home", not only residents of the settlement took part in the action, but besides supporting their groups from Gniezno and Warsaw. There were besides politicians. Adrian Zandberg, among others, stood side by side with residents of the settlement. — organization presidential candidate Together.
Conflict about the Maltese settlement. The villagers want to stay there.
The residents of the Maltese settlement in Poznań request aid from the city authorities to save homes where they have lived for years. The area where there are hundreds of properties belongs to the curia, which has already declared the tenants a lease agreement. However, they do not imagine that they would leave this place.
According to the owner's wish, the property should leave 645 people. Legally, they live there illegally. The owner of the area close Poznań Malta is St John's Jerusalem Parish, which wants to sale the property. Houses have been here for years. The parish had to make this place available to the unemployed before the war, in the 1930s, so they could grow vegetables there. Over the years, houses and houses grew there. any lease agreements expired at the end of last year, others would end in 2025, and The parish priest doesn't want to prolong them.
The residents had already picked up respective times before the City Hall, the last demonstration was held on Saturday 22 March. Adrian Zandberg, of the organization Together, took part. He spoke of “real human harm” on the 1 hand and a desire to profit on the other. “ individual can’t control his greed, it’s just inhuman,” he added.
The settlement is designed in urban improvement plans for multi-family construction. According to Tok FM, the city offered tenants from the Maltese settlement applying for municipal or social housing, as well as participation in the urban programme "Location for renovation".
