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‘Luxury takes time. We don’t have time’: The former top military officer on a mission to fix the Dutch housing crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/23/former-top-military-officer-elanor-boekholt-osullivan-mission-fix-dutch-housing-crisis

I CONCUR…

ALTHOUGH I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EVERY STATE FACING SIMILIAR DILEMMAS OF HOUSING SHORTAGES AND AFFORDABLE ONES…

IF ON AVERAGE PEOPLE ARE HAVING LESS AND LESS CHILDREN PER COUPLE…

AND

AN INCREASED NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL HOUSING…

WHERE OH WHERE HAS THIS INCREASE COME FROM ???

SURELY IT CANNOT BE FROM IMMIGRATIONS EVERYWHERE ???

AND

IF FOR ARGUMENT’S SAKE THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO INCREASED IMMIGRATION, THEN HOW COULD ANYONE HAVE MISSED THE WARNING SIGNS OF TOO MUCH IMMIGRATION ???

AS FOR STRATOSPHERIC HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE…

THAT’S ANOTHER KETTLE OF FISH ENTIRELY…

IF REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING BECOMES JUST ANOTHER MEANS OF BETTING ON A SURE THING BY BUYING AND SELLING AND REPEATING THE PROCESS…

THEN THIS TOO NEEDS SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION IF SPECULATING TO PROFIT IS THE ONLY MOTIVE TO BECOME RICH…

SOMEHOW REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF A BLOOD SPORT A LA STOCK MARKET…

AND

ONE DAY NOT TOO FAR OFF IN THE FUTURE…

THE BILL BECOMES DUE ON THAT FRONT

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