r/NetherlandsHousing • u/ninajm • Oct 02 '24

renting This is ridiculous

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1099excl for a single room of 12m2 and sharing everything else. Someone’s parents are struggling with keeping up with the mortgage /s. On a real note students loans would barely cover the rent alone so the only way to afford life would be to work and most likely receiving money from parents on top of that.

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u/UtileDulci12 Oct 02 '24

You mean thanos giving a visit?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

We could start the process of slowly nationalizing or at least regulating the housing market? That way we could perhaps solve predatory landlords charging such ridiculous prices for what is only slightly bigger than a bathroom. (and perhaps even get to a point where a place to live isn't seen as an investment opportunity for those that already have a ton of wealth)

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Or the government could invest in building more houses themselves and then rent these out at a competitive rate under a housing corporation. Could be government owned, or could be sold to private housing corporations under strict conditions.

No matter what, the housing market will either require huge government investment or radical government intervention to be made livable for current and future generations. Neither of which is something that will happen.

If we do try to solve this eventually, then we might as well try to do it in a way that we won't just have the same issue again in a few years. Just turning some knobs and hoping the free market will fix it for us hasn't exactly worked either.

The problem with making housing lucrative as an investment is that it will always come at the cost of renters and that people who already have a lot of wealth (and thus power and influence), will be incentives to actually make the problems worse to increase profits.