Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hope
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In a pan-European housing crisis, the Netherlands’ is next level. According to independent analysis, the average Dutch home now costs €452,000 – more than 10 times the modal, or most common, Dutch salary of €44,000.
That means you need a salary of more than twice that to buy one. Nationwide, house prices have doubled in the past decade; in more sought-after neighbourhoods they have surged 130%. A new-build home costs 16 times an average salary.
The rental market is equally dysfunctional. Rents in the private sector – about 15% of the country’s total housing stock – have soared. A single room in a shared house in Amsterdam is €950 a month; a one-bed flat €1,500 or more; a three-bedder €3,500.
Nobody is saying that in the US with the interest rates as high as they are…?
People are talking more about being stuck, locked in, and unable to move.
People keep saying it in threads regarding the U.S. housing crisis. “I got a house because I moved to Buttfuck, Montana and if you were only willing to quit your job and also move to Buttfuck, Montana and also learn to code and get a work from home job, you can buy a house too.”