Comment by apexalpha

Rent increase is not an indicator of the housing market in our country, like it i s in many others.

The Netherlands is 100% rent-controlled.

The 5% increase is because it's tied to inflation, which makes the last few years an anomaly for rent increases.

But yes we do need to build a lot more. I was just pointing out that saying "the West doesn't build anymore" isn't true, we just can't keep up with massive increases in population due to migration.