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buildings and the creation of new housing blocks with much better living conditions and prices that made them accessible to
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organizations, religious groups. One such group was Eigen Haard, or "our own hearth," a socialist group that commissioned Michel de Klerk to design and build three blocks of proletarian housing, including Het Schip.
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toilets and had ample natural light and ventilation from windows. Ground-floor apartments also had gardens.
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in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes (now 82) for the working class, a small meeting hall, a
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