Outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge, responsible for public housing and spatial planning, writes this in a letter to the House of Representatives. How many homes should be built in the regions mentioned is the subject of the study. These must be places where there is room for at least 3,000 houses and where construction can take place quickly.
Note Space
The search for large-scale locations is part of the development of the Spatial Planning Policy. It should see the light next year.
The new locations are in addition to the 17 already designated areas for large-scale housing construction in the most urbanized areas of the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen, Nijmegen and the Brabantse Stedenrij. A total of 288,000 houses will be built there by 2030, approximately 30 percent of the total of 981,000 homes that Minister De Jonge wants to realize by 2030.
Not enough
In the years that follow, there will be room for another 300,000 new homes at these 17 locations. But according to De Jonge, that is not nearly enough to meet the need for housing.
The outgoing minister points out that there is now a shortage of 400,000 homes and that the population will grow significantly in the coming decades.
According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, the number of inhabitants of the Netherlands will grow from 17.8 million now to 19.6 or even 20.6 in 2050. If we do not get a grip on migration, even a scenario with 22 million inhabitants in 2050 is possible.
Minister De Jonge writes that his intention is to make the whole of the Netherlands stronger and that he therefore chooses locations outside the most urbanized area of the country.
2023-10-17 05:26:27
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