judge relates part of the history of. what only those who know about secret things however have like this question cultural heritage foundation earthlings treasure trove the documentary june 21st w. amsterdam is a top tourist attraction it till it can als historical sites a laid back atmosphere each year the city hosts millions of visitors and those visitors need space space the locals are lacking. the nobel moments i sometimes think i'm never going to find some ways to live. i

just didn't know what today tony. apartments are hard to come by offers are rare and mostly unaffordable. you will quote after all you need to be rich if you want to get an apartment here there is. about 1000000 residents have to share this limited living space and more and more are having to move out to gray concrete blocks on the city's outskirts i know that i will have to live under a bridge for a week for in volatile part on a bench. the housing crisis is spreading across europe. windy by vaught nose and stirred him east district like the back of her hand. she's

lived here for 20 years 1st as a student on a houseboat and then with her husband and children but now she's getting a divorce and she and her 2 sons need a new home. ok get out of. iraq bring this house here for 1500000 euros hillcoat it's very big 300 square metres. way to big for me. wendy has a well paid job and will soon also be receiving support from her ex-husband in theory she's well situated but the housing market is empty. because you think i don't know the price for this one yes i'm afraid it will be unaffordable to it's all for my or what i buy but it is pretty well more even has a little garden after. all to blow panic c it's also if i see something while i'm walking around i immediately thought it's it's but most of the time it's already been rented out or it's way too expensive on the baby otherwise i would have found

something long ago holden and. wendy is hoping word of mouth will help her find a new place for now a friend has some letting their apartment to her while they work abroad but not for much longer. back you know your time my boys were born and raised here. so now they go to school here to. it for yourself i am very happy. it's one of the most beautiful areas in amsterdam go. about in a 3rd of. all my social my social contacts well most of them live here. if you've got here in the bureau and that's why i'd like to stay here too. but there's a lot of make you. temporary sublease agreements are commonplace the housing crisis turns entire lives upside down. is one victim

a reluctant commuter the student lives in some dump one of amsterdam suburbs every day he bikes to his university for an hour then takes a ferry rain or shine he has no choice. to give all that goes i've always felt this pull towards amsterdam i was born there and went to elementary school there and after that we moved away when you're from being but the mentality there of the way of life and all the things you can do there you know it's so different and much more open to. his childhood home is close to his heart the only thing is most people from amsterdam can't afford to live in their own city. doesn't really feel frustrated and it's so frustrating that i need to take the ferry every day and i'm always at least an hour away from my friends on top of that i still live with my mother so

he's older by them ordered those little. more than half the students in the netherlands still live with their parents did moment right now i'm looking for an apartment that i can share with friends that we could split the rent with for the year good as it doesn't have to be big. it doesn't even have to be pretty just as long as it's here in the city somewhere the money. is in on saddam is. the university of amsterdam is bursting at it seems right now more than 100000 students are enrolled the university is heavily compete for international students their tuition fees bring in more money but there's no place for the students to live and the stress of looking for an apartment keeps them from their studies. i know that i've had to live under a bridge for a week or involved don't park on a bench he just kept his luggage in that story. ridge and then after

a week or less they're coming. is they've been camping so. not a crisis up prices are ridiculously high that it's you got to you have to pay at least $6.00 or $700.00 euros for just a simple room will mean since fairmont woman on a simpler. means has been looking for 10 months he spends one or 2 hours each day he even pays 20 euros a month for a professional site to send him listings it helps him avoid scams he says. this one of 4 children for the housing market is pretty lucrative and that attracts criminals these at that they create a web page where they pretend to offer apartments that don't even exist motivator but if i don't know that i'd register on their page for a fee i'm being cheated in a bit they from the gone every 2nd website is a criminal website website. and speculation is making matters even worse everyone

names 3 reasons for the housing crisis the 1st amsterdam is a tourist magnet with nearly 17000000 overnight stays every year and the numbers are rising. tourists love the picturesque scenery and the relaxed atmosphere many owners prefer to rent to tourists limiting accommodation for locals and hotels pay her rent as sums for building sites even the universities are turning over a profit with prime real estate. the 2nd cause breck's it many british firms have been moving to the netherlands and buying housing for their employees in bulk sometimes they privatized entire blocks last. investors like prince bandar jr are the 3rd reason the cousin of the dutch king is a real estate millionaire he own. more than $103.00 stooges buildings in top

locations the only ones who could pay such a high rent are rich men in jersey and celebrities from abroad and they do. to them money is hardly an issue. this houseboat is for sale for 1500000 euros as a vacation getaway now it just needs a quick polish laugh. when lafayette. about how the 1st discredit me. i have to level that. we had a woman for a good deal this morning so that kind of people stay for several times in europe and that's true for absolute evidence less for have a role. in europe accommodation is the highest expenditure in 11 european countries the price per square meter in urban areas rose so sharply in

the past year it has become virtually an affordable for the middle class. in amsterdam one square meter costs about $21.00 euro london is in 1st place with 30 euros per square meter and in paris the most densely populated city in europe one square meter costs $25.00 euros. in rome and vienna pay an average of 14 year olds which makes madrid and berlin book comparatively inexpensive and just 11 euro. a place to call home in amsterdam that's what may scope one would like best he's viewing a place far from the city center in a suburb with good public transportation. and i hope i'm hoping to find a place here with 2 or 3 bedrooms are. made of africa i'm not sure if i can if i don't come here very often but i want to have a look. at the welcome. for. i'm hoping my chances will be higher here

since the area isn't very popular here. i'm going to come in. the last week the washing machine in the hallways communal property all the furniture you see here is brand new oh yes. oh the kitchen and bathroom a new and used. more than. 65 square meters on 2 floors all for an incredible $2600.00 euros at least may's got to come and have a look around most of the time he's not even invited to a viewing. and amahl is the problem in that i throw the book usually on the fact that i'm a student is a problem. to landlords prefer families people who earn money. on the unfortunately students have a bad reputation for not handling their money well and open it and for disturbing the neighbors and brood over for a bit. but even if they split the costs maize and his friends would still be paying

$870.00 euro each that's way too much. now that is self so why in the apartment look nice but considering the neighborhood and how expensive the rent is on the ballot and that we'd be crazy to take it. here. for now he's better off staying with his family there he contributes 200 euros for living costs. i'm happy that he's still living here but i know that he's really preoccupied with the thought of moving out and i get it he's 20 years old he wants to do his own thing. but his circumstances are different than they were for her generation today living on your own in amsterdam is a luxury. little different goes more and more young people are choosing not to study. not only says that and able to but because they don't want to take out

housing loans sky high rents astronomical real estate prices and growing cities the housing market is going crazy and nieces chances of ever moving out are shrinking. as a result the suburbs have become the boom towns in amsterdam southeast district many people from suriname have come to settle they are the ones who keep the city running as nurses as taxi and bus drivers and his hairdressers but the city has no affordable space for them. grim and siemens has lived in amsterdam for 48 years now 67 he was able to find an inexpensive apartment 2 rooms a kitchen and bathroom about me and even nice neighbors. look let's what i

used to look like that was on a trip with the church but. ever since his son moved out he's been offering people in need somewhere to stay. here much of it is uncertain we all help each other out. and if you don't have a place to stay you will always be offered a bed and then i made sure to hold on to that mindset anyone with a problem can come to me you. grow. i've had a woman from africa stay here more then 2 men from sinai then a man from the caribbean and now another one here from suriname. stephen bang a full is currently living with him. after suffering a stroke the 58 year old lost his job and couldn't pay the rent. and aid organization brought the 2 men together.

for now they're sharing the apartment until steven can find a place of his own he's been on the waiting list for subsidized housing for 7 years . in the netherlands offers the most subsidized housing in all of europe it makes up 30 percent of the market austria is proud of the 24 percent of subsidized housing that puts it in 2nd place in most other european countries is much lower. in germany it's only 4 percent and in portugal only 2. steven can do is wait and hope. my only other option is to stay in a homeless shelter but you'd have to have a screw loose to be able to stand at that and. and. here and raman's he pays 250 euros for his room and can use the washing machine

bathroom and kitchen. stephen never comes i don't know if he has 2 left hands but he never uses the kitchen it by me only one who ever cooks 8 it will work for. him. and. usually i doubt sometimes we watch soccer together. what would you keep going to we don't have to become friends. when he finds a place of his own and moves out i still keep thinking about him. where does he go how is he doing in one month our arrangement is i've helped him and one day he'll leave in peace and when i run into someone in the streets that i help before we're happy to see each other and ask how the other is doing sometimes i get a pack of cigarettes as a thank you but if you could argue that it. homelessness if only temporary has

always been an issue in amsterdam but never like this in the past 10 years the number of homeless people has shot up by 24 percent. unemployment divorce or illness can force anyone out of their homes even actions cancelled lease agreements it happens quicker than you take. the rainbow group as an aid organization in amsterdam each week about 30 people at risk of having to sleep on the street come here for help. workers can find them a room they can legally rent on short notice but there is a very high demand. on the letter and it could literally happen to anyone in all it takes is one bad turn of luck too many and that makes you lose your home and you cannot find a new place quickly enough as it doesn't matter where you're from or how long you've lived. that insecurity that it could happen to anyone is what

makes wendy anxious more anxious than she'd like to admit. she's been hunting for a new place ever since she moved out with her sons that was a year and a half ago every morning she checks for new listings on mine. and i think i could use of this do so so i go to this web page and there it says no longer available like a credit on the sat famously bad of all before that why would they even list it is so frustrating. in that single thing why do i even bother looking back i mean i. think i can afford a maximum range of seem to $1500.00 a year i was now a culture problem definitely the problem is the landlords want proof that my salary is full or 5 times higher. that i set and the income would at least on a year that size if your teen $100.00 euros rent times $55.00 that would

mean more than $6000.00 euros income have to take notice of how brutal that's a lot i don't earn that much and that's hail fellow sister i was. already one in 10 households spend more than 40 percent of their income on living costs and because the market is so out of control property owners can dictate the rules. parents with children have particular difficulties. and need hill 5 for home stimuli i've never moved around much i prefer stability. i can't even imagine having to leave here this this is my spouse yeah i like sitting here with my books and my books i recollect everything and all the city i have.

that is neat it might not be my house that. i mean i don't own it. but it is my home i have money might have. if she can't find a place to rent when he is willing to buy a home there's a construction site right around the corner. 500 new apartments on the grounds of a former wharf luxury apartments nothing wendi could afford. for the middle. apartments like these out of reach for middle class wages so if the you know off the value of we either and too little. of the city its value or too much the value of that is it's not enough to buy or rent. and it's too much to be eligible for subsidized housing. and this is

a shot of oh yeah that is tough to do you know that in between there's hardly anything left for the middle class. in the past 5 years real estate prices in amsterdam have nearly doubled not only in the city center but further out as well there's a lot of interest in this apartment in southern amsterdam another mass viewing. the entry bid is $350000.00 euros for 68 square meters here homes are sold to the highest bidder. you're more demands you always have to offer at least 102030000 euros more than the

asking price if you want to even stand a chance of course that's an. but that's just the way it is. safe there's a lot of competition at the viewing so you can sense the pressure from the other potential by is that makes it even harder to make everyone is very emotional. at least now has passed barring the use of property for the purpose of speculating on the market whoever buys a house now must also move into it themselves and stay there for at least 5 years. in the netherlands about 60 percent of the population are homeowners germany on the other hand has the lowest rate of homeowners it's just 45 percent in italy and ireland about 70 percent on their own home and in the baltic region it's almost 90 percent. your own. solution even

if the place is small. stein mehrtens wants to turn his lack of assets to his advantage he's moving out of the city to live independently and save costs in his very own tiny home. he's building his 26 square meter house in. cologne. i feel like i'm carrying too much baggage around. i want to reduce my cost of living so that i can devote more time to the things i really care about. so don't think. so many people in the netherlands and in the rest of the world are so stressed out about paying back their mortgage busy. what if. they buy expensive cars just so they can drive to work. but i think that leads to

sacrificing a sense of freedom. why. it makes people less ready to take risks. his new home costs $36000.00 euros and that's just the cost of the materials stein is building the tiny who himself it's a modular design might lay good for grownups. aside from being a part time handyman stein is also a music promoter and soon he will also be a homeowner. now he still lives in a 75 square meter subsidized apartment in the city. come in. he's got 3 times the space here then he will have in his tiny house the rent is 600 euro. here you can see gem's books. and i have

a ton of furniture. this here is really special to me before will also for me to follow a mobile this was my mother's desk. she just passed away recently. and she goes over maybe i can leave it with my sister so that it can stay in the family so it's this is something i'd actually really like to take with me but i can't the house is simply too small for music instead i'm here some of my instruments. let's not nearly all of them. so if you're. barack obama collector i've got all sorts of things that i'm emotionally attached to i'm sure i got that from my mother . she always said waste not want not but now i'm tackling my biggest challenge i'm going to downsize considerably so i'll have to get rid of a lot. the quotes the less i detail the biggest lesson i

can learn from this is to let go of everything i own can also become baggage while lost sorry. and in the past years he's gathered plenty of baggage his moving boxes are piling up. so he's been checking online ads checking at thrift shops and also places that take donations he enjoys the thought of giving away the things he can't keep in his new home. the collection i've got a record collection i love music. and i have so many l.p.'s you. even my own. but i recorded it with my band and it means a lot to me. and for my production the graphics. everything about a record makes it a special listening experience that it's here but if i'm being honest how often do i actually listen to a record it's nice having them here and sometimes i have

a fun evening with friends listening to them. but that only happens maybe twice a year. is it really worth using all this space for that for both. soon his new home will be in mini topia an entire residential park with tiny homes on a former landfill. they named their place mini topia because they knew they were pioneering a new movement here and stein has a small bathroom a kitchenette and one big room to live in. those don't fare thank you sure it'll take some discipline. in the morning i have to fold my bed back up and clear away the bedding i like to sleep in so i'll have to remember to put away my bed before going to work or my home will be a mess when i come back. for

that he'll be getting a roof terrace with a view and a life without debt. all he has to pay is $200.00 euros a month to lease the plot of land. i've been all born i spent a long time looking for a place where i could be closer to nature and feel a little freer. until now i've always had houses right in front of me i couldn't watch the sunrise or see it set. now look here look at the swans things like that bring tears of joy to my eyes. wendy is also on the verge of tears. i still have some standards but for how long i wonder. the clock is ticking she has 3 months to find a new home and there's still nothing inside. the

facade that's so frustrating it makes me sad and angry sometimes it almost drives me crazy. but i can't let that happen i don't want to let it happen i are keep staying positive i'm still convinced something will turn up. i don't know when or how or where and that's difficult. figure if you know that's a loss of. my day but i won't let myself be dragged down by that if need. be to meet anyone who is looking to rent buy or even build is going to need a lot of time a lot of money strong nerves and a model of luck amsterdam is just some popular. model. because.

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