Amsterdam Housing Market Gets Some Help From Dutch Government
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With Amsterdam’s housing shortage driving many of its residents out of the city, the Dutch government has decided to do something about it -- including capping rents.
On Friday, it signed a long-term housing deal with the Amsterdam metropolitan area to prevent tenants from being priced out of their neighborhoods, promising unspecified investments and tweaks to the law.