▲ 547 ▼ Amsterdam landlord ordered to lower rent for tiny, leaky room from €1,950 to €95 per month (nltimes.nl) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/europe@feddit.de 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because housing is basically extortion in big European cities. It's like there's a global conspiracy to stop building new housing and lower interest rates so real estate value skyrocket. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, zoning laws mostly exist to keep property prices up by restricting supply -- which mainly benefits the already well-off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, zoning laws mostly exist to keep property prices up by restricting supply -- which mainly benefits the already well-off. permalink fedilink source parent