‘Luxury takes time. We don’t have time’: The former top military officer on a mission to fix the Dutch housing crisis

submitted by sbv to canada 19 points | 7 comments https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/23/former-top-military-officer-elanor-boekholt-osullivan-mission-fix-dutch-housing-crisis It’s interesting to perspectives from elsewhere. The Netherlands is also facing a housing crisis, and they’re also talking about significant increases in construction. Part of that will be to limit local control. Interestingly, they’re also talking about changing the type of construction: fewer rooms. There isn’t quite enough context to explain why that would help, but it’s something I haven’t really heard politicians saying here in Canada. What changes would you make to speed up housing growth here?