Solving the Housing Crisis? Tax the Profit on the Sale of a House

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You don't have to do anything to increase the value of your home. That's why taxing it makes sense, writes Jona van Loenen.

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In the past 15 years, average rents in the European Union have increased by a quarter and property prices by fifty percent, while one in ten Europeans spent 40 percent or more of their disposable income on housing in 2024. In our series, we address the housing crisis from a European perspective. First, however, let us clarify what the housing crisis means and how it is reflected in European politics.