Finding a home in the Netherlands
by editors@theworld.org (Orla Barry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6N49T)
The housing crisis in the Netherlands is one of the worst in Europe. The average Dutch home is now estimated to cost 10 times the average middle-income salary. And soaring rent prices leave many students and young professionals struggling to find a place to live. One group of young Dutch citizens has come up with its own solution. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports from Amsterdam.