In many countries such as the United States with market rents, hundreds of thousands live in ghetto-like slum on the street.
In addition, market rents reduce general purchasing power. This means a risk of lower productivity and employment.
If the housing allowance is to be increased to enable market rents, this can erode public budgets in general.
Many LO and S members are low paid, live in tenements and are particularly threatened by market rents.
Too bad the Justice Department is still trying to push through market rents the back way.
Do what you can to prevent market rents from being introduced the other way around.
How can we afford more affordable housing for low- and middle-income earners? Read here.
We will risk market rents until so much has been built that market rents mean a rent reduction.