Fair housing
For residents like you

A generation is growing up in Diemen that can no longer stay here. Young people who grew up here are forced to move to Almere, Purmerend, or elsewhere. Older people who have always lived in Diemen cannot find smaller homes to live in. And families are paying through the nose for homes that are too small, while hardly anything larger is becoming available in their own village.

That feels unfair and hurts. Because living in your own village should be a given.

The pressure on our housing market does not only come from within. Increasingly, we see house hunters from Amsterdam and surrounding municipalities taking over our homes. Diemen is seen as the cheaper backyard of the capital.

But we are not a district of Amsterdam, we are Diemen: a community with its own heart and character.

That is why Onafhankelijk Diemen says: enough is enough. We want at least 50% of all homes, both existing and new, to be allocated to house hunters from Diemen. Those who live, work, or provide care here deserve not to be at the back of the queue.

We want to distribute and build fairly for our own people and look beyond the existing plans. That starts with courage, vision, and love for Diemen. This is not an empty slogan, but something we have been fighting for for years. We have shown that it is legally permissible and socially fair.

There are opportunities in Diemen too.

The Spoordriehoek – space for a new neighborhood
Behind the railway embankment at Spor