Home ยป Business ยป Vooruit wants to push speculators out of the housing market: ‘Whoever buys a house should live there.’

Vooruit wants to push speculators out of the housing market: ‘Whoever buys a house should live there.’

With a so-called purchase protection scheme, the Flemish socialists want to allow mayors to only sell homes in their municipalities to those who will actually live there. Flemish Minister of Housing, Matthias Diependaele (N-VA), is not impressed.

Rising house prices have made it more difficult for many families and single people to buy a home. According to Conner Rousseau, the chairman of Vooruit, it is an open nerve in the …

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