German housing crisis: 'Like winning the lottery!' – DW – 04/16/2024
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Housing is the social issue of the 21st century, German politicians and experts say time and again. And yet there's no improvement in sight, especially in cities, where affordable housing is in short supply.
  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    12 hours ago

    When I was looking for a home in The Netherlands some years back I had to register to raffles just for the visiting. 2 years of searching brought me absolutely nothing. And that was for renting. Couldn’t even begin to think about buying a house without tens of thousands of euro’s out of my own pocket or getting outbid by ASML by 70k.

    • Bart@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      10 hours ago

      100% this, I still live in a student dorm because I have nowhere to go with normal rent. A small studio/apartment is like €1300, it’s crazy. My parents got a mortgage for less, it seems more necessary by the day to just leave the country.

  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
    18·
    1 day ago

    This one hits real close to home… Trying to look for housing in Germany is like applying for a job, you’re literally competing with a dozen other applicants at all times and you just have to keep rolling the dice again and again on new offers until you get lucky…it’s fucking exhausting.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      15·
      1 day ago

      I expect that Europe as a whole is now headed for some very dark times. The economy is already in a terrible shape. Meanwhile, the EU is actively trying to start a trade war with China while also trying to increase military production which will necessarily come at the expense of living standards. I really don’t see a way out for Europe at this point.

      • SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
        4·
        13 hours ago

        Yeah, after looking at everything that has been going on I’ve basically crossed off every EU country that was a potential study abroad candidate for me. No way in hell am I going to subject myself to a country that is mimicking the same problems that exist here (inflation and stupidly high utilities, plus the Nazi thing too). My heart goes out to our EU comrades, I don’t know how they’re able to deal with this.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
          5·
          13 hours ago

          I really think that the only way forward is for EU to break up, and then countries can start joining BRICS or doing their own thing. In particular, I expect that Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia are the most likely candidates to join BRICS in the coming decade. Perhaps Greece as well as they’ve been fucked by the EU repeatedly.