housing
The housing crisis is an increasing concern across Europe, with shortages and escalating rents becoming more prevalent. Homelessness is also on the rise, posing a significant problem. According to the OECD, the UK has the highest rate of homelessness in Europe, having more than doubled over the past 13 years. Housing tenure has undergone significant changes in the UK in recent decades. In England, the proportion of private renters surpassed that of social renters in the early 2010s for the first time in more than four decades of available data. Similarly, the gap between private and social ren...
Euronews (English)
Barcelona city council has announced a radical plan to rid the city of its roughly 10,000 tourist flat licences over the next five years, according to local media reports. The measure seeks to address the growing national housing crisis, which is particularly acute in touristic cities such as Barcelona. It will prioritise residential over tourist use in one of Europe's most visited cities. The plan reflects a global trend of cities beginning to combat the effects of mass tourism on local life. Tax rules on second homes in the UK: Will it help mitigate the housing crisis?Spanish left puts housi...
Euronews (English)
Prices for houses and flats in Germany continued their downward trend in the first quarter of 2024, with residential properties selling on average 5.7% cheaper year-on-year. Compared with the last quarter of 2023, the loss in residential property values was 1.1 percentage points from January to March, the federal statistics office in Wiesbaden reported on Friday. This was the sixth consecutive quarter that prices decreased in both cities and rural regions, according to preliminary figures. The largest year-on-year declines of 9.5% were observed for detached and semi-detached houses in Berlin, ...
DPA International
Prices for houses and flats in Germany continued their downward trend in the first quarter of 2024, with residential properties selling on average 5.7% cheaper year-on-year. Compared with the last quarter of 2023, the loss in residential property values was 1.1 percentage points from January to March, the federal statistics office in Wiesbaden reported on Friday. This was the sixth consecutive quarter that prices decreased in both cities and rural regions, according to preliminary figures. The largest year-on-year declines of 9.5% were observed for detached and semi-detached houses in Berlin, ...
DPA
Prices for houses and flats in Germany continued their downward trend in the first quarter of 2024, with residential properties selling on average 5.7% cheaper year-on-year. Compared with the last quarter of 2023, the loss in residential property values was 1.1 percentage points from January to March, the federal statistics office in Wiesbaden reported on Friday. This was the sixth consecutive quarter that prices decreased in both cities and rural regions, according to preliminary figures. The largest year-on-year declines of 9.5% were observed for detached and semi-detached houses in Berlin, ...
DPA Breaking News
The public housing unit occupied by the mother of wanted self-exiled activist Nathan Law has been reclaimed by the Hong Kong government. Citing sources, local media outlets reported on Sunday that Law’s mother had been evicted from the subsidised housing unit she rented in Yat Tung estate. Responding to enquiries from HKFP, the Housing Department confirmed on Monday that the unit had been surrendered in June. “According to the records, the unit had earlier fallen into rent arrears, violating the tenancy agreement,” the department said in an emailed Chinese response. “Therefore, our department ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Applications for a transitional housing scheme described by the government as a “breakthrough” initiative for addressing Hong Kong’s housing crisis will open later this month, authorities have said. The Housing Bureau announced on Thursday that those who have been waiting for public rental flats for at least three years will be able to apply for the Light Public Housing (LPH) scheme from June 24. As of the end of March, the average waiting time for public rental housing in Hong Kong was 5.7 years. Successful applicants will be allocated units in one of two projects under the scheme – one in Ng...
Hong Kong Free Press
Spain’s year-on-year inflation report for May was released on Thursday morning, coming in at 3.6%, which was in line with market expectations, according to the National Statistics Institute. However, it was above April’s 3.3%. This was mostly driven by increases in housing inflation, which saw a rise of 1.2 points, clocking in at 5.2%. A significant portion of this was due to electricity prices, which had reduced in May 2023, but spiked in May this year. Transport inflation also increased to 3.8%, boosted by increases in fuel prices, which fell less in May 2024 than in May 2023. Hotels, cafes ...
Euronews (English)
By Claire LEE Séoul (AFP) - Pendant une décennie, Park Hyeon-su a vécu dans un micro-appartement sans fenêtre à Séoul, cumulant deux emplois et économisant chaque centime pour s'acheter une belle maison. Mais son dépôt de garantie a été détourné par des escrocs et son rêve s'est écroulé. Le marché locatif sud-coréen fonctionne avec un système unique appelé "jeonse", pour lequel les locataires versent d'importantes cautions - parfois des centaines de milliers de dollars - puis vivent sans loyer pendant des années, avant de récupérer leur mise lorsqu'ils déménagent. Ce système permet aux proprié...
AFP (Français)
Around 12,000 reports flagging suspected abuse of public housing resources have been received over the past eight months, a Hong Kong official has said amid a crack down on “rich tenants” in government-subsidised housing. Rosanna Law, director for housing, said on Metro Radio on Sunday that the government had invited around 250,000 tenants who have lived in public housing for over 10 years to participate in a round of self-reports by May 31. Law said around 27 per cent of tenants had completed self-reports as of May 17. Around 300 tenants had contacted the Housing Department to surrender their...
Hong Kong Free Press
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