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BRUSSELS — Young adults across Europe are reaching independence at very different stages of their lives, with new Eurostat figures showing a substantial gap between countries where people leave the family home in their early twenties and those where they remain with their parents into their thirties. Across the European Union, the average age for
The European Commission has proposed a new Affordable Housing Act aimed at helping EU countries and cities respond to housing affordability and availability problems in areas facing the greatest pressure. The proposal would create a common European framework for identifying areas experiencing housing stress and assessing measures designed to protect the supply of homes for
European cities are calling for stronger local powers to respond to housing shortages and the effects of short-term rentals as the European Commission moves forward with its Affordable Housing Plan. City leaders have welcomed the EU’s focus on increasing housing supply, improving affordability and addressing areas experiencing housing stress. However, Eurocities says the proposed framework
BRUSSELS — Europe’s housing market is recovering. Interest rates have stabilised, buyers who sat on…
MADRID — Buying a home in Spain has never been harder. A worker in 2025 needed the equivalent of 8.4 years of their full gross salary to purchase an 80-square-metre second-hand property, according to a joint study by property platform Fotocasa and jobs site InfoJobs the worst affordability figure ever recorded in the country. The
MADRID, Monday — Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday demanding…
LISBON — Portugal’s housing authority has opened applications for 68 affordable rental homes spread across…
STRASBOURG — Europe has a housing plan. Not everyone is happy about it. MEPs on…
When Eurostat published its latest housing figures this week, the numbers told a story that…