Can the EU Really Make Housing More Affordable?
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Can the EU really make housing more affordable?
Europe’s housing crisis is deepening as rents rise and homelessness grows. As the EU unveils its Affordable Housing Act, can curbing short-term rentals, boosting social housing and energy renovation make a real difference — and why is Brussels staying away from rent controls?
Brussels aims to reduce housing costs in Europe's most popular cities by providing local authorities with the tools to keep Airbnb and other short-term rental operators under control. As part of the European Commission's Accessible Housing Act, to be approved on Wednesday, EU rules will determine whether an area is in a housing crisis, and national, regional and local authorities will receive legal support to implement specific measures to mitig…
European Commission measures to ensure affordable housing. Municipalities could also ban the purchase of real estate.
Short-term rentals in NRW have been increasing for years. The EU is planning new rules on this. What currently applies to Airbnb & Co. in NRW.
The new European rules on short rents will arrive today, Wednesday, 9 September, at the College of Commissioners in Brussels (the Council of Ministers) raising twenty stubborn and opposed. "Finally an instrument of protection in the hands of the mayors," they welcome on the left. "It is an unacceptable limitation of private property" thunders the right. And so, especially in Italy, the debate on the new Affordable Housing Act (this is the name o…
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