Het Schip (English: The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

It originally contained 102 homes (now 82) for the working class, a small meeting hall, a post office, and an elementary school.

In the 19th and early 20th century, Amsterdam faced a major housing shortage,[3] with many working-class people living in cramped quarters with no electricity or running water.

In response to these squalid conditions, the Dutch government passed the National Housing Act (Woningwet) in 1901.

[6] The apartments of Het Schip were a radical departure from the poor living conditions of many of Amsterdam's working-class people in the 20th century.