#PublicHousing
6pm October 23rd
speak out and rally

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/enough-standing-together-for-victorias-public-housing-tickets-1543757352799

#HousingCrisis #Landlords #rent

"Carlos Fernandes is proud of the metalwork he does on Dutch superyachts that sail the world. But the Portuguese migrant worker was surprised to hear he might be paying hundreds of euros too much in monthly rent for his family’s apartment."

“We found it and we moved in,” he said. “It should be between €800 and €1,115 but we are paying €1,380.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/netherlands-housing-crisis-migrants-blamed-rent-costs

#housing #Netherlands #housingcrisis #migration

Just the free market free-marketing…

But the answer, according to the developers—who are the only stakeholder quotes, BTW—is for municipalities to lower development cost charges, which as the article states “. . . typically go toward improving community infrastructure and services like parks, water, sewers, transportation, fire and policing.)

Guess who gets to pick up that tab?

#HousingCrisis #Neoliberalism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-development-slowdown-9.6933830

Airbnb: I Am Not Buying What Brian Chesky Is Selling

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4829448-airbnb-i-am-not-buying-what-brian-chesky-is-selling

Η Airbnb είναι η επιδραστικότερη online εταιρία σε δεκάδες τομείς της πραγματικής ζωής, όμως!
Ένωσε τουρισμό, real estate, κατασκευές, τοπικές οικονομίες, ήταν όμως αχόρταγη και τα «έβαλε» με τοπικές κοινωνίες, κράτη, και φορολογικούς μηχανισμούς που έχουν την δυνατότητα να θέτουν νόμους και κανόνες!

#Airbnb #Tourism #RealEstate #residential #ShortTermRentals #rentals #housing #Overtourism #HousingCrisis #PropTech

First Home Scheme: Buyers get €66k on average from shared equity scheme

New figures show that 8,400 buyers were approved under the First Home Scheme since it was launched in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AlliedIrishBanks #BankofIreland #CharlieWeston #EBS #Housing #HousingCrisis #IE #Ireland #JamesBrowne #MoneyExperts #PermanentTSB #Property&Mortgages
https://www.newsbeep.com/183998/

Just in case you’re not convinced that the Australian economy is propped up by a housing bubble but you have a basic understanding of economics, this post by Prof. Keen will set you straight:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-make-1-140456082

If you are interested in solutions to make housing affordable again without tanking the national economy and you have a basic understanding of economics, this following post will give you what you need:

https://profstevekeen.substack.com/p/remedies-for-ridiculous-house-prices

If you are a newbie to economics and need help to understand what the good Professor is talking about, I urge you to read Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic ) who will break it down for you without economic mumbo-jumbo. I guarantee that the light bulb will tilt above your head and you’ll wonder: If it is that simple and equitable and safe to resolve our housing issue, Why aren’t politicians doing it? A good question, and one you should take at your next opportunity to the ballot box.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/13/castles-not-assets/#steve-keen

#Auspol #HousingCrisis #HousingBubble #BiPartisanPolicies #Economics101 #RealEstateConJob #HousingAsAnInvestment #Banking #MMT #Labor #AlboPM #JimChalmersMP #ClareO'NeilMP

Pluralistic: How to fix the UK housing crisis (13 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/13/castles-not-assets/