Agreement Terminated: "Treated As If We Are Not People," Says Bicycle Dwellers Association

Reykjavik's city council has terminated an agreement with the Bicycle Dwellers Association for land use in Gufunes, just two months after the contract was signed. Geirdís Hanna Kristjánsdóttir, chairwoman of the association, expressed outrage over the decision, telling mbl.is, "They are treating us as if we are not people."

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They are treating us as if we are not people.

Kristjánsdóttir stated she is "furious" about the termination. The association was reportedly told they must remain on Sævarhöfði. She claims that individuals who "ran amok" were allowed onto the site by the property managers. "The toilet was broken, a door was broken down, garbage was piled up behind the house, and who is blamed for this? Only us," she said.

"We have kept the place very tidy, and then some riff-raff comes and makes everything disgusting. There is marijuana smoking in the house and they destroyed our dryer, and we are treated like people who have no right to exist," Kristjánsdóttir added. She is demanding a thorough explanation from the city regarding the decision to void the agreement.

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I am furious about this.

Previously, in November of last year, plans to relocate the trailer park to Skerjafjörður were abandoned due to local resident dissatisfaction.

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We have kept the place very tidy, and then some riff-raff comes and makes everything disgusting. There is marijuana smoking in the house and they destroyed our dryer, and we are treated like people who have no right to exist.