Even before the Spanish scandal broke, the Parliament’s Special Committee on Housing, chaired by the Democratic Party MEP, had already addressed the severity of the housing crisis and the shortage of homes in Europe: prices have risen by 60 per cent over ten years. Yet the forthcoming EU budget lacks the necessary resources

Two weeks after the proposal for the Affordable Housing Act, the Portuguese capital has seen a 40 per cent drop in tourist rentals over three years, whilst rents have risen by 8 per cent. Other cases from Paris to Berlin