Is the Dutch housing shortage caused by international students?The cabinet plans to build 60,000 student housing

The Cabinet of the Netherlands proposed a plan to build a 60,000 economical appropriate student housing. The plan is formulated by the cabinet with municipal authorities, education institutions, housing associations, private investors and students.

All parties hope to reduce student housing shortages in this way. The action plan pointed out that from 2022 to 2024, it will strive to accelerate the construction of 37,500 flexible housing.

The data released by Kenniscentrum StudentenHuisvesting (KENCES) showed that compared with last year, the shortage of students in student housing increased slightly to nearly 27,000. They expect this number to rise to 44,800 by 2030.

Reduce foreign students

Part of the plan is to provide more control capabilities for educational institutions to reduce the influx of international students. According to kencess, 95%of the shortage is caused by more and more international students.

At present, educational institutions are not allowed to exclude foreign students. The University of Amsterdam has announced an experiment in NRC next year. In this experiment, the places of foreign students will be limited in some research projects.

"It is important to student development"

The Minister of Education, Culture and Science Dijkgraaf said he firmly believes that it is necessary to take measures for housing shortages, because students' housing is important to the development of students. "There, students can find space to discover themselves and explore themselves. Every student should get such a place. Through this action plan, we can work together to deal with major challenges of students' housing."

In addition to restricting the number of foreign students, the plan must also ensure that foreign students are better protected to avoid discrimination in the housing market.

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