Minima still further in a fix on Amsterdam housing market

Amsterdam is approaching the point at which the city more people on low incomes than affordable housing, according to live in Amsterdam, a biennial research on the housing market.

The report, which comes out Thursday, creates headaches at SP-Alderman Laurens Ivens (live), which considers the task of social housing in Amsterdam as well as possible, to protect and help keep the city for low income.

Demolition and sale but the developments in the city going the other way. the number of social housing goes down, inter alia, because corporations these houses sold or tore down. In 2011 was 63 percent of the total housing market from social site, meanwhile, that dropped to 57 percent.

Here comes another development on top of: the rapid growth of the number of low income in the city. Amsterdam attracts a lot of young people of 18 to 25 years, usually students who earn hardly, which then go in search of affordable housing.

Bottom also the Group of Locals with high incomes is growing, while the number of sale-and expensive rent houses will only increase.

The problem is especially at the bottom. The market for affordable housing is already almost stagnant, with long waiting lists and scheefwoners who can't leave. The new developments seem to draw close the door all the way.

I have with corporations agreed to monitor the number of ' social housing ' Alderman Laurens Ivens (live) the college of b. and w. when he has determined that the number of social housing not under 187,000 mag pouches. This lower limit is not yet reached, but that seems like a matter of time. No wonder the alarm bells are gone off in the Stopera, such as Ibrahim. He's going to investigate whether the growth of the low income group will continue. "A few years ago, the number of right."

Private parties the Alderman indicates to all measures have taken to the decrease in affordable housing a halt. "I have with corporations agreed to monitor the number of ' social housing '." Problem is that another part of the social housing in the hands of private parties and the Alderman no say.

In addition draws Ibrahim are hoping for new construction. A record number of homes under construction in 2015 is taken, more than 8000, of which about two thousand social 2200 students rent houses and homes. "If this is sufficient? That I can't predict. "

http://www.parool.nl/by: MICHIEL CAPON photo: Rink Court