This only makes sense if the large landlord conglomerate that likely owns them isn’t happy to just leave them empty to keep the upward pressure on rents.
This is also why we’ll continue to have problems unless we get state-owned construction companies - the landlord conglomerates that have the money to get new apartments built will never commission enough apartment blocks to actually drive down prices, instead trickling in supply to keep prices where they are, or higher (regardless of the incentives). These are the problems we face in Amsterdam, anyway.
This only makes sense if the large landlord conglomerate that likely owns them isn’t happy to just leave them empty to keep the upward pressure on rents.
Introduce pro squatter rules, if a housing unit hasn’t had a person living their for X amount of time - Anyone can live there for free, everything will be rented out asap.
I live in a city where they buy existing flats and houses and rent the to citizens. City is also buying building ground to tie the sale to investors to conditions like the amount of social housing in the new building area.
Works like a charm. The rents are okay (even from other landlords since they have to compete) and we don’t have “problem areas” in the newer parts of the city since people live in mixed areas.
Fingers crossed Berlin works out. It would be a welcome change for a lot of friends of mine to finally have an affordable flat that doesn’t rot away.
This only makes sense if the large landlord conglomerate that likely owns them isn’t happy to just leave them empty to keep the upward pressure on rents.
This is also why we’ll continue to have problems unless we get state-owned construction companies - the landlord conglomerates that have the money to get new apartments built will never commission enough apartment blocks to actually drive down prices, instead trickling in supply to keep prices where they are, or higher (regardless of the incentives). These are the problems we face in Amsterdam, anyway.
Introduce pro squatter rules, if a housing unit hasn’t had a person living their for X amount of time - Anyone can live there for free, everything will be rented out asap.
or homeowners will actually winterize their unused properties instead of keeping them connected to gas/electricity/water
I live in a city where they buy existing flats and houses and rent the to citizens. City is also buying building ground to tie the sale to investors to conditions like the amount of social housing in the new building area.
Works like a charm. The rents are okay (even from other landlords since they have to compete) and we don’t have “problem areas” in the newer parts of the city since people live in mixed areas.
Fingers crossed Berlin works out. It would be a welcome change for a lot of friends of mine to finally have an affordable flat that doesn’t rot away.
you can check out initiative page
right-to-housing.eu want to introduce EU fund to do social housing as well, if you are from EU you can sign the initiative
Just signed it!