Greece acts on housing crunch as shortages pile pressure on government • The Greek government has just announced the use of two solutions to tackle the housing crisis in Greece, but some say those might not be enough to fix one of the worst housing crisis in Europe.

>With two new tools — social rent and social housing — the Greek government will try to alleviate the country’s property crisis.

>According to the minister of social cohesion and family, Domna Michailidou, these two measures are “complex tools”, requiring cooperation between multiple stakeholders. In particular, social housing projects will require the mobilisation of long-neglected public assets — such as state-owned vacant land.

>In cooperation with the Ministry of Defence, the new housing initiatives will make use of inactive military sites, and three camps in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras have already been selected.

>This first phase of the programme aims to develop around 1,500 to 1,700 social housing units, affordable to middle-income households.

>The government’s second measure, social renting, involves a partnership between the public and private sectors. The aim is to redevelop existing buildings that are no longer in use, rather than building new units on vacant land.

>A private investor will undertake the redevelopment of buildings owned by public bodies and will return at least 30% of the new homes it builds to the state.

>However, market players stress that these measures, although already implemented in several European countries, will be difficult to carry out in Greece.

>To begin with, many publicly owned properties have complex ownership status that takes months or even years to resolve.

>At the same time, the approval and licencing procedures for new housing developments remain extremely time-consuming.

1) Δεν γίνονται εργατικές κατοικίες με δεξιές κυβερνήσεις

2) Δεν γίνονται εργατικές κατοικίες σε χώρες που δεν μπορείς να επιβάλεις πολεοδομικές παρεμβάσεις

3) Δεν γίνονται εργατικές κατοικίες σε χώρες που θα κάνουν εκατό μηνύσεις οι σύλλογοι πολιτών που τους ανήκει η γη επειδή την αγόρασε ο παππούς του παππού του παππού τους από τον Τούρκο αγά

4) Δεν γίνονται εργατικές κατοικίες σε χώρες που ο νοκ είναι τόσο μπουρδελο που δεν μπορείς να κάνεις ούτε περίφραξη σε χωράφι χωρίς να βγει απόφαση από το βασιλιά