Soaring housing costs leave more Europeans homeless
The EU's fundamental rights watchdog has warned that surging housing costs are eroding the basic right to a home.
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Germany’s housing crisis deepens as new apartment completions fall to a decade low
The country faces a significant structural housing deficit, estimated at between 550,000 and over 700,000 units.
‘European Commission’s housing plan will worsen the crisis’, scholars warn
As the European Commission moves to tackle the housing crisis through joint meetings with the European Parliament and European mayors, scholars have warned that…
Sports clubs in fashionable arrondissement fight back as Paris turns public gym into migrant shelter
A gym in Paris’s chic and affluent 15th arrondissement is now closed to the public after the Socialist-led city of Paris requisitioned it as an emergency shelter…
Lack of housing set to end Spain’s economic ‘supercycle’
Spain's so-called supercycle of economic growth is predicted to slow next year as a much-needed housing boom remains elusive, a new study shows.
German city of Rostock buys old town properties for €650,000 to house punks
The city government of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany, has acquired two houses in the historic city centre to allow a group of punks to continue living there cheaply.
Berlin Greens want to force landlords to rent flats to welfare recipients
Berlin's local Greens party has proposed a new rental law which would sharply curtail landlords' freedom to rent out their properties.
German city of Bonn abandons plan for ‘living-space tax’
The German city of Bonn has abandoned plans for the introduction of a new tax to incentivise people to abandon flats and houses considered “too large” for them.
Belgian Flanders region slammed over ‘housing policy failures’
The Belgian region of Flanders was not doing enough to address the affordability of housing for vulnerable groups, according to a ruling by the European Committee…
France slumps into housing crisis, report warns
The French Housing Foundation, formerly known as the Abbé Pierre Foundation, has warned that France was "sinking into a housing crisis, with 4 million people who…
European cities unite in urgent plea to address housing crisis
As the housing crisis tightens its grip on Europe, prominent organizations have joined forces to issue a collective call for urgent action.
Can’t pay your rent? In Brussels, the taxpayer will step in
The parliament of Brussels is planning legislation that will make it impossible for landlords to evict tenants who are behind on their rents.