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France Considers Eliminating Social Housing, Shifting Funds to Homeownership
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin and others propose redirecting billions of euros from social housing towards zero-interest home loans, potentially impacting 10.5 million people currently residing in social housing, despite a housing shortage and increasing vulnerability of residents.
France Considers Eliminating Social Housing, Shifting Funds to Homeownership
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin and others propose redirecting billions of euros from social housing towards zero-interest home loans, potentially impacting 10.5 million people currently residing in social housing, despite a housing shortage and increasing vulnerability of residents.
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64% Bias Score
Athens Housing Crisis: Abandoned Buildings and Lack of Social Housing
Athens faces a housing crisis despite numerous abandoned buildings, highlighting the lack of social housing programs and the need for repurposing vacant structures, contrasting with other European countries utilizing recovery funds for social housing.
Athens Housing Crisis: Abandoned Buildings and Lack of Social Housing
Athens faces a housing crisis despite numerous abandoned buildings, highlighting the lack of social housing programs and the need for repurposing vacant structures, contrasting with other European countries utilizing recovery funds for social housing.
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44% Bias Score
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Social Housing Shortage Worsens
The number of subsidized housing units in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern fell from nearly 7,000 in 2014 to approximately 2,600 by the end of 2023, primarily due to expiring government funding and resulting rent increases; the state government asserts that the housing market is balanced in most areas, but th...
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Social Housing Shortage Worsens
The number of subsidized housing units in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern fell from nearly 7,000 in 2014 to approximately 2,600 by the end of 2023, primarily due to expiring government funding and resulting rent increases; the state government asserts that the housing market is balanced in most areas, but th...
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40% Bias Score
Dutch Coalition Freezes Social Rents, Eases Private Rent Regulations
The Dutch coalition government froze social rents for 2024 and 2025 and significantly eased the Affordable Rent Act, causing concerns about reduced social housing construction due to lost revenue for housing corporations, while renters' advocates express mixed reactions.
Dutch Coalition Freezes Social Rents, Eases Private Rent Regulations
The Dutch coalition government froze social rents for 2024 and 2025 and significantly eased the Affordable Rent Act, causing concerns about reduced social housing construction due to lost revenue for housing corporations, while renters' advocates express mixed reactions.
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44% Bias Score
Dutch Spring Budget: Mixed Reactions as Funding Priorities Spark Debate
The Dutch government's spring budget includes increased municipal funding, a social rent freeze, and €1.9 billion for a new railway line in Northeast Netherlands, but postpones climate and nitrogen funding, drawing criticism from environmental groups and leaving the prison system underfunded.
Dutch Spring Budget: Mixed Reactions as Funding Priorities Spark Debate
The Dutch government's spring budget includes increased municipal funding, a social rent freeze, and €1.9 billion for a new railway line in Northeast Netherlands, but postpones climate and nitrogen funding, drawing criticism from environmental groups and leaving the prison system underfunded.
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40% Bias Score
Dutch Spring Budget: Rent Freeze, Railway Funding, and Environmental Concerns
The Dutch government's spring budget includes a social rent freeze, €1.9 billion for a new railway line in Northeast Netherlands, and increased municipal funding, but lacks funding for climate and nitrogen issues, and prison capacity improvements, causing controversy.
Dutch Spring Budget: Rent Freeze, Railway Funding, and Environmental Concerns
The Dutch government's spring budget includes a social rent freeze, €1.9 billion for a new railway line in Northeast Netherlands, and increased municipal funding, but lacks funding for climate and nitrogen issues, and prison capacity improvements, causing controversy.
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40% Bias Score
England's Overpriced Temporary Housing Crisis
An investigation reveals that English councils are paying 60% more than market rates for temporary accommodation, creating a £2bn industry of often substandard housing and leaving over 100,000 households in precarious conditions.
England's Overpriced Temporary Housing Crisis
An investigation reveals that English councils are paying 60% more than market rates for temporary accommodation, creating a £2bn industry of often substandard housing and leaving over 100,000 households in precarious conditions.
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60% Bias Score
Dutch Rent Freeze to Reduce Affordable Housing Construction by 185,000 Units
The Dutch cabinet froze social rents for two years, impacting all tenants, including those with higher incomes, resulting in a €3 billion loss for housing corporations and an estimated reduction of 185,000 new homes, according to Aedes.
Dutch Rent Freeze to Reduce Affordable Housing Construction by 185,000 Units
The Dutch cabinet froze social rents for two years, impacting all tenants, including those with higher incomes, resulting in a €3 billion loss for housing corporations and an estimated reduction of 185,000 new homes, according to Aedes.
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48% Bias Score
UK Housebuilding to Reach 40-Year High Despite 2024 Planning Slump
The UK government projects a substantial rise in housebuilding to its highest level in 40 years by 2029-30, adding £6.8bn to GDP growth, despite a record low in planning permissions in 2024, driven by policy changes and increased investment, but facing challenges such as planner shortages and public...
UK Housebuilding to Reach 40-Year High Despite 2024 Planning Slump
The UK government projects a substantial rise in housebuilding to its highest level in 40 years by 2029-30, adding £6.8bn to GDP growth, despite a record low in planning permissions in 2024, driven by policy changes and increased investment, but facing challenges such as planner shortages and public...
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40% Bias Score
Dutch Rent Freeze: €1.1 Billion Compensation Deemed Insufficient
The Dutch government will compensate housing corporations with €1.1 billion over three years for a two-year freeze on social rents, starting July 1st, 2026, but corporations say this is insufficient, threatening 30,000 planned new social housing units and energy efficiency upgrades, while the govern...
Dutch Rent Freeze: €1.1 Billion Compensation Deemed Insufficient
The Dutch government will compensate housing corporations with €1.1 billion over three years for a two-year freeze on social rents, starting July 1st, 2026, but corporations say this is insufficient, threatening 30,000 planned new social housing units and energy efficiency upgrades, while the govern...
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56% Bias Score
Frankfurt's 25 Million Euro Housing Acquisition Strategy Faces Challenges
The city of Frankfurt, Germany, spent almost 25 million euros acquiring nine buildings between 2017 and 2021 to protect tenants in designated areas from displacement by developers, but faces challenges due to staff shortages, leading to property neglect and even squatting in some cases, as evidenced...
Frankfurt's 25 Million Euro Housing Acquisition Strategy Faces Challenges
The city of Frankfurt, Germany, spent almost 25 million euros acquiring nine buildings between 2017 and 2021 to protect tenants in designated areas from displacement by developers, but faces challenges due to staff shortages, leading to property neglect and even squatting in some cases, as evidenced...
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Tenants Face Eviction After Court Ruling
In Écija, Spain, tenants of 91 subsidized housing units face eviction after a court ruled against them in a bid to reclaim their homes from a financially troubled company that bought them at auction in 2021. The tenants are now seeking mediation from local and regional authorities to purchase their ...
Spanish Tenants Face Eviction After Court Ruling
In Écija, Spain, tenants of 91 subsidized housing units face eviction after a court ruled against them in a bid to reclaim their homes from a financially troubled company that bought them at auction in 2021. The tenants are now seeking mediation from local and regional authorities to purchase their ...
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64% Bias Score
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