Extreme renting: Santorini’s teachers forced to rough it in Airbnb haven • Tourists flocking to Greek islands and Italian cities are pricing out public sector workers and students

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   > George Moris never imagined that his teaching job on the picturesque Greek island of Santorini would force him to sleep in his car, crash on a colleague’s couch or spend the night in empty classrooms.
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   > But with most of Santorini’s property owners — empowered by home sharing platforms such as Airbnb — catering to high-paying foreign tourists, teachers like Moris and other public sector workers struggle to find affordable homes.
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   > When Moris arrived in September 2022, with the tourist season still going strong, he found no long-term rentals available. At one point he found a hotel room for €20 a night, “a miracle for Santorini”, he said. But it came with a caveat: if the owner found another guest, “even in the middle of the night”, Moris agreed to pack up and go so the hotelier could charge a higher rate.
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   > In Santorini, teachers arriving each September are typically forced to spend the first few months of the school year in hotels until the tourist season winds down. As a result, their housing costs frequently exceed their salaries, as new teachers’ monthly earnings do not usually exceed €1,000.
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   > Antonis Koutsoumpas, 30, a mathematics teacher assigned mid-year to Ios, spent three months in a room without a kitchen, heating or hot water. But he said the island’s permanent residents — buoyed by their increased incomes from short-term leasing — are now indifferent to public officials.
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   > The government has offered a €1,800 bonus in July and August as an incentive to doctors to move to the islands. But while some doctors were interested, Alvanos said that, “since they were unable to find accommodation, no one ended up coming”.