Affordable housing
The available properties are “disappearing” in the big cities of Greece
Thessaloniki is the “champion” with the largest annual decrease in the number of available properties in 2023, whether it’s for rent or for sale, in all property categories
Treasury squeezes tenants to claim rental taxes
The Treasury and Finance Ministry has started to collect information from tenants in order to accurately determine rental income.
The ministry, which sent letters to tenants asking for a meeting about rents, has now told tenants, "You do not need to come to the ministry, you can fill out a form online."
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Covering the absence of social housing
The number of people living in houses they own has dropped, as the cost of buying or renting has skyrocketed and demand for homes by Greek and foreign buyers has strengthened.
The housing problem is now acute and Greece must find ways of dealing with it while lacking any social housing tools, in contrast to the rest of Europe, where such interventions cover 20%-30% of the market.
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Fear returns to Exarchia
Alejandro Gkikopoulos stands in his shop, Polyamorous, in downtown Exarchia. Specializing in flowers and spirits, it was recently vandalized by unknown perpetrators purportedly seeking to stem the tide of gentrification in this once-bohemian Athenian neighborhood. Subsequent attacks occurred on other businesses perceived as contributing to the area's changing character and rising prices.
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: New blockade of the Law School after the morning operation of the ELAS - Video of the moment when young people re-enter the building
At dawn, the police proceeded to evacuate the area from the squatters - A short time later, young people proceeded to re-occupy!
Home supply to increase to bring rents under control: Şimşek
Housing supply will be boosted in order to tame increases in rent prices and support the fight against inflation, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said.
The housing scourge
All the parties in Parliament agree that the state of the housing market is exacerbating social inequalities, especially at the expense of young people. Current salaries cannot keep up with the rising cost of housing, particularly in combination with the rising cost of living.
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Renters’ unions on the rise in Greece
As the average tenant spends over a third of his or her monthly income to cover housing costs, renters' unions, organizations which are common elsewhere in Europe, are starting to gain ground in Greece too.
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Agony over the gentrification of Athens
Every time I go to a nice new wine bar in some Athenian neighborhood on the outskirts of the city center, I am overwhelmed by contradictory feelings.
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Short-term rentals beat hotels on beds
The government will adopt a wait-and-see attitude this year in order to assess the effects of the newly legislated framework on the short-term residential rental market.
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