Vienna. Tokyo. Land value tax. New cities. Remote work. Slums.
Six real-world proofs that the housing crisis is neither accidental nor inevitable — followed by a warning about where cities go if power remains unchanged.
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https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/six-proofs-and-a-warning-a-synthesis
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DEMOCRATS FIND REALITY BITES AFTER NOVEMBER WINS
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel is proposing a 1% sales tax to fund housing, mental health, and public transit. Learn how this affects residents.
#LehighCounty, #JoshSiegel, #SalesTax, #HousingCrisis, #PublicTransit
https://newsletter.tf/lehigh-county-sales-tax-housing-transit/
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel wants to add a 1% sales tax. This is to pay for housing, mental health care, and buses. This is a new plan to help people.
#LehighCounty, #JoshSiegel, #SalesTax, #HousingCrisis, #PublicTransit
https://newsletter.tf/lehigh-county-sales-tax-housing-transit/
The housing crisis is not just bad luck or "the market doing its thing". It is shaped by policy, planning, incentives, and a system that too often puts profit before people.
When homes are treated primarily as assets, ordinary people get squeezed, rents rise, ownership drifts further out of reach, and communities fracture.
This video cuts to the heart of the matter: the crisis is being built, maintained, and normalised.
Is housing being treated as a human need, or as a machine for profit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFnfamZ-p14
#Housing #HousingCrisis #Affordability #CostOfLiving #Urbanism
RT by @EU_EESC: 🆕 #HousingCrisis – EESC recommends taking bolder measures 🇪🇺 🏠
@ThomasKattnig >@EESC_TEN #Housing
Read the story 👉 https://link.europa.eu/dyVknb
🆕 #HousingCrisis – EESC recommends taking bolder measures 🇪🇺 🏠
@ThomasKattnig @EESC_TEN #Housing
Read the story 👉 link.europa.eu/dyVknb
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https://nitter.net/EESC_PRESS/status/2038519529685340664#m
The EESC March plenary saw the adoption of an exploratory opinion on housing at the request of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU which calls for more ambitious initiatives from the European institutions while recognising that the competence must remain national, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is continuing to monitor the housing emergency and has adopted a new opinion to press the EU institutions to take urgent action.
In the last decade, the housing market in the Spanish State has undergone a profound transformation with the massive entry of so-called investment funds, popularly known as “vulture funds.” Their strategy has consisted of acquiring entire portfolios of properties at reduced prices, taking advantage of the financial crisis and the privatization of public housing stocks. A notable example was the 2013 sale of nearly 1,900 public housing units from the Madrid City Council to the fund Blackstone, which were later resold … Read more
🌍 [ES] 🏠💰 En la última década los 𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗲 han transformado el mercado de la vivienda mediante compras masivas de inmuebles tras la crisis. Este proceso de financiarización convierte la vivienda en un activo especulativo y se traduce en subidas del alquiler y presión sobre los inquilinos.
🌐 +info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/1z4
En la última década, el mercado de la vivienda en el Estado español ha experimentado una profunda transformación con la entrada masiva de los denominados fondos de inversión, conocidos popularmente como «fondos buitre». Su estrategia ha consistido en adquirir carteras enteras de inmuebles a precios reducidos, aprovechando la crisis financiera y las privatizaciones de parques públicos de viviendas. Un ejemplo destacado fue la venta en 2013 de casi 1.900 viviendas de protección oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid al fondo Blackstone, que … Leer más
Over/undervaluation of residential property prices across EU countries and Greece as of Q3 2025
Most EU countries show positive overvaluation ranges, meaning residential property prices in much of the EU appear elevated compared to fundamentals.
Greece: Affordability vs. Investment Value
European Commission estimate that Greek property valuations are approximately 20% above their fundamental levels as of late 2025.
#EU #Greece #RealEstate #HousePrices #property #HousingCrisis
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