The Dutch housing crisis: a policy review

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2024-08-28

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The housing crisis is a big problem the Netherlands is facing. The lack of housing in the Netherlands has been steadily increasing in the past years, with a number of 390.000 houses that were lacking in 2023 and a predicted number of 415.000 by 2024 (capitalvalue, 2020). There is also a big affordability problem, and many Dutch people believe there’s a housing crisis. In this research the influence of policy on this problem is examined, in particular whether the current policies are indeed the most effective ways of dealing with the housing crisis. This is why the following research question is used: “What national and regional policies against a housing crisis would be most effective to be implemented in the Netherlands to help reduce the intensity of the current housing crisis?” Based on the data collected and analyses made, the current policy is a huge improvement from the non-existent policies that were lacking before. However, the policies can still use some improving to be more capable of offering a future perspective. Moreover, because of the more recent implementation of these policies, their effectiveness can be examined in more detail after they’ve been implemented for a few more years. The attention given to the housing market right now is a good starting point for solving it, but housing is a slow process to create, so it may take some more time before we know the effectiveness of the current policies.

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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen