{"id":98545,"date":"2026-03-20T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=98545"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:14:38","slug":"europes-housing-crisis-is-the-eu-plan-up-to-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/europes-housing-crisis-is-the-eu-plan-up-to-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s housing crisis: Is the EU plan up to the job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k4ObFAejaO3vMIFeXjU\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nMEPs recently approved a key report on housing, with the stated aim of securing decent, sustainable and affordable housing. They are responding to an EU-wide crisis in which property prices jumped by 15.5 percent between 2021 and 2024, according to Eurostat. That has frozen out millions of people looking to get onto the property ladder. 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