As voters head to the polls in the Netherlands on Wednesday, housing, in particular a lack of affordable homes, has become the key issue for a majority of voters. #EuropeNews
According to Professor Peter Boelhouwer from Delft University of Technology, several factors have created a “perfect storm”, including the high number of houses needed for people living in the Netherlands.
In Amsterdam, there are around 3,000 so-called economically homeless people who have a job and an ordinary life, but cannot find new accommodation after a change of circumstance — such as a break-up — due to skyrocketing prices on the housing market.
"We try to give them a temporary spot to regain energy, get out of the survival mode of having this stress and constantly thinking: Where am I going to sleep?
How am I going to survive this?," Tamara Kuschel, a project coordinator at De Regenboog told Euronews.
“We try to give them, at least for 12 months, a solid spot to get rest and help them to find to make plans for the future.”
In Amsterdam, renting a flat can be very difficult, but buying it can prove impossible, with asking prices for a 60 square metre house going for as much as €600,000.
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According to Professor Peter Boelhouwer from Delft University of Technology, several factors have created a “perfect storm”, including the high number of houses needed for people living in the Netherlands.
In Amsterdam, there are around 3,000 so-called economically homeless people who have a job and an ordinary life, but cannot find new accommodation after a change of circumstance — such as a break-up — due to skyrocketing prices on the housing market.
"We try to give them a temporary spot to regain energy, get out of the survival mode of having this stress and constantly thinking: Where am I going to sleep?
How am I going to survive this?," Tamara Kuschel, a project coordinator at De Regenboog told Euronews.
“We try to give them, at least for 12 months, a solid spot to get rest and help them to find to make plans for the future.”
In Amsterdam, renting a flat can be very difficult, but buying it can prove impossible, with asking prices for a 60 square metre house going for as much as €600,000.
The original article contains 467 words, the summary contains 172 words. Saved 63%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!