In the press
Vacant houses have become one of the most powerful symbols of Luxembourg’s housing crisis. But has the country been misdiagnosing the problem?
For years, the issue of empty homes has featured prominently in Luxembourg’s search to solve its housing crisis. It raises a simple question: how can people struggle to find a home while thousands of them stand empty?
Economist Michel-Edouard Ruben, a specialist at the Chamber of Commerce’s Idea think-tank, and one of the most prominent housing researchers in Luxembourg, thinks that premise is wrong.