Nowhere in the Netherlands is it easy to find a home, but Amsterdam is still in a class of its own. Rents are sky high and affordable houses for single earners are hard to find. “The housing shortage is so high that first-time buyers can only afford a parking space,” says Julia.
No sooner said than done.
Julia is a doctor by profession, but even then 1200 to 1500 euros per month is almost impossible to pay for a house of barely 40 square meters. And what about all the novice police officers, care workers and teachers who do not qualify for social housing, but do want to work and live in Amsterdam?
“How do we ensure that they too are preserved for the city? That’s the point of the action,” says Julia.
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Leaving the city is not really an option for her. “It’s possible, but I’m from here, my family and friends live here. You prefer to live in the place where you grew up.”
The first goal of the action is to ensure that vacant homes are better utilised. “We want available homes that are not inhabited to be made available for habitation. In the meantime, a lot seems to be happening at a national level, but it will take a while before enough homes are built and in the meantime life continues. Many people have none at all. time to wait for that.”
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1 million more homes in 2030
At the moment there are about 300,000 homes too few. In order to make up for this shortage, the Rutte IV cabinet, led by Minister Hugo de Jonge (Living), is focusing on new construction.
One million additional homes must be built by 2030. The cabinet wants the construction sector to deliver 100,000 new homes and 15,000 temporary homes in the coming years.
Everyone wants it, but will it work? RTL Z tries to answer that question here:
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