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Media coverage
Title Housing crisis emerges as major election issue as Netherlands goes to the polls Media name/outlet Euronews Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 15/03/21 Description Interview
More than 14 million Dutch citizens are expected to head to the polls over the next three days. The pandemic is, of course, one of the main issues, but so too is housing.
The Netherlands is one of Europe's most densely populated countries and its population is steadily growing. Finding a place to live is becoming increasingly difficult and more expensive.
Cities in the Netherlands are filled with construction cranes and building sites. But they’re not building fast enough: over the past five years, for many, finding a house has become a nightmare.
“Actually it went wrong during the general financial crisis. They made it more difficult to buy and to build and then housing production went down with almost half. The other one is that last five years, and it was not policy, but it happened, that the migration went up, especially labour migrations” says Peter Boelhouwer, Professor of Housing Systems at Delft University of Technology.Producer/Author Stefan de Vries URL https://www.euronews.com/2021/03/15/housing-crisis-emerges-as-major-election-issue-as-netherlands-goes-to-the-polls Persons P.J. Boelhouwer