{"id":633278,"date":"2025-12-15T05:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633278\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:04:19","slug":"brussels-to-free-up-cash-target-tourist-flats-in-eus-first-ever-affordable-housing-plan-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633278\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels to free up cash, target tourist flats in EU\u2019s first-ever Affordable Housing Plan \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019m not on the side of the people who call for banning short-term rentals<\/a>,\u201d J\u00f8rgensen clarified, adding that such platforms have offered travelers the ability to experience Europe differently, and provided some families with a needed source of income. But the model has grown at a rate \u201cno one could have imagined, with short-term rentals accounting for 20 percent of homes in some very stressed areas,\u201d he noted. It has turned into<\/a> a \u201cmoney machine instead of what it was intended to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commissioner stressed that national, regional and local leaders would ultimately be the ones deciding whether to use the tools to rein in short-term rentals. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to force people to do anything,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you think the status quo is fine, you can keep things as they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another first, a more abstract section of the package will also aim to address speculation in the housing market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThis is a real crisis,\u201d said European Commissioner for Housing Dan J\u00f8rgensen in an interview with POLITICO. | Lilli F\u00f6rter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

While insisting he\u2019s \u201cnot against people making money,\u201d J\u00f8rgensen said Europe\u2019s housing stock was being treated like \u201cgold or Bitcoin and other investments made for the sole purpose of making money\u201d \u2014 an approach that ignores the vital role of shelter for society at large. \u201cHaving a roof over your head, a decent house \u2026 is a human right,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

As an initial step, this week\u2019s package will propose the EU track speculation and determine the scope of the problem. However, J\u00f8rgensen acknowledged that using the resulting data for concrete action to tackle the market\u2019s financialization might prove difficult. \u201cWhile no one is really arguing this problem doesn\u2019t exist, there\u2019s a political conflict over whether it\u2019s a good or a bad thing.\u201d But regulation is essential for the proper functioning of the internal market, he added.<\/p>\n

The competence question<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s housing package will also include a new construction strategy to cut red tape and create common standards, so that building materials manufactured at competitive prices in one member country can be easily used for housing projects in another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m not on the side of the people who call for banning short-term rentals,\u201d J\u00f8rgensen clarified, adding that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[17648,5719,1442,38231,2000,299,5187,6849,3046,2443,84489,52824,17566,7162,3053],"class_list":{"0":"post-633278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-cities","10":"tag-competition","11":"tag-dan-jorgensen","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-henna-virkkunen","16":"tag-portugal","17":"tag-regulation","18":"tag-roxana-minzatu","19":"tag-state-aid","20":"tag-stephane-sejourne","21":"tag-teresa-ribera","22":"tag-the-netherlands"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115721841384540463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}