So wait, migrants at fault for being ripped off by greedy landlords? Is that from the same guys claiming woman ask to be raped?
Migrants don’t vote, so they’re always the easy target.
They also don’t know the market, so again, they’ll take what they are offered.
Rent control will help, but many migrants are pushed out of that system as they do not know the local ways (which are typically explained in Dutch).
And yes, whilst full time is generally considered 36 or 40 hours (depends on type of job and collective agreements), many people don’t work that many hours, as it is not worthwhile being taxed on the full time hours.
Unfortunately the election debate has become too fragmented on housing to even get a coherent argument through, which makes finding a solution even harder.
What about not working 36-40 hours? Are people in NL working less than that? How many %?
The average is 32 hours. But that is of course because lots of people work 36-40 hours and lots of people work part-time, so 16-24 hours usually. I did actually work 32 hours in my last job but it wasn’t that common amongst my colleagues.
While I agree with your points I still think it would be beneficial to limit companies recruiting migrant workers.
Yes naturally, but they won’t always be available, especially in NL.
I agree though, some companies like their cheaper labour.
Hey, don’t push back on this! The is are running out of scapegoats already! /s
I just don’t think it’s scapegoating. Scapegoating would be blaming refugees who make up a miniscule amount of the housing demand, or blaming moroccan/turkish people who have been here for >3 generations already. Which is what populist parties are saying. The points mentioned in this article are about migrant workers, who are encouraged to come work here by the government and corporations, and parties are saying limiting that, will help the housing crisis a bit.
I think people are interpreting this wrong. Parties are saying encouraging / enforcing companies to be less reliant on migrant workers will ease the housing crisis. These are not refugees, but people who have been encouraged to come work in the Netherlands. It’s not (just) populist/capitalist parties saying this. It’s the left wing too. In fact the main capitalist parties want to keep migrant workers because big corporations and multinationals benefit a lot from it.
