Property rights versus tenants: Beata Siemieniako on the restitution of housing in Poland

Unregulated restitution of property to prewar owners (or rather their legal successors) remains a major source of conflict over housing in Poland, most notably in Warsaw. This episode features Beata Siemieniako, a Warsaw lawyer and urban activist who has been supporting tenants in their struggle against ruthless developers for years. In her book ·Re-privatising Poland. The History of a Great Scam· (Reprywatyzuj·c Polsk·. Historia wielkiego przekr·tu, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej 2017), she tells the story of conflicting claims to urban property and reflects on the pitfalls of restituting past property orders while neglecting present-day social rights. Florian Peters has talked to her about law, grassroots activism, and the impossibility to achieve justice by trying to turn back time. This podcast is a co-production with the Urban Political Podcast. Hier geht es zum Buch: https://campus.de/wissenschaft/soziologie/umkaempfte-transformation/CAM52068?srsltid=AfmBOoqoMlMiYKNeZ4vqnjs1P4RVZBFkgMPs29K-3qmRwaiGWP_vknx6 Kurzversion der Einleitung des Buches: https://www.spw.de/transformation-restauration/ Rezension des Buches: https://www.rkm-journal.de/archives/25947 Verantwortlichkeiten: Sprecher: Steffen Liebig Moderation: Irina Herb Redaktion: Irina Herb und Annika Troitzsch Technische Betreuung: Linos Ullmann Website: SFB 294 Strukturwandel des Eigentums Kontakt: [email protected]

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