Ghent (The Brussels Morning Newspaper): Fouad Ahidar and Team Gent aim to create an inclusive Ghent by focusing on affordable housing, safety, and support for vulnerable youth, while promoting diversity and community representation in politics.
Fouad Ahidar and Team Gent, led by Sidi El Omari, want to create a city where everyone in Ghent feels included and valued. They focus on making sure there is affordable housing so that everyone, especially those with lower incomes, can have good living conditions. They also work to improve diversity and inclusion, aiming to welcome people from different cultures and backgrounds into the community. By tackling these issues, they hope to make Ghent a fairer and more welcoming city for all.
What strategies does team Gent propose for safety and inclusion in Ghent?
Besides housing and inclusion, Fouad Ahidar and Team Gent focus on safety and helping vulnerable young people. They want to make neighborhoods safer by tackling crime and improving security so that everyone feels safe. They also support at-risk youth by providing important resources and programs to help them succeed in education and avoid problems. They want to make sure that all voices in Ghent, including young people, the elderly, and those with migration backgrounds, are heard and represented in politics.
The party wants to improve how people get around the city by rethinking traffic rules and the low-emission zone without making it hard for cars. They also want to make public transport better. Fouad Ahidar and Team Gent are against high rents and the shortage of affordable housing, so they aim to make affordable housing a main focus of their plans.
The party wants all city workers, including teachers, to be allowed to wear headscarves, which is already okay in Ghent. They also want to stop discrimination in hiring and at work for both city jobs and private companies. For safety, Fouad Ahidar and Team Gent believe it’s important to prevent problems and create strong communities, so they want to support “community policing,” where the police work closely with local people to build trust and solve issues together.
