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The author stated that the Dutch population had grown from just over 1.1 million since early 2016 to approximately 18.1 million. According to the author, around 173,000 people had died and 167,000 babies had been born in 2025, resulting in negative natural growth and the total growth coming entirely from migration. The author referred to Jan Latten, who estimated the group of Dutch origin at about 12.9 million, and wrote that this group was expected to shrink by 1 to 2 million over the coming decades. By 2050, according to the author, the Netherlands would have about 20 million inhabitants. The author argued that the changing population composition put pressure on social and cultural relations, social cohesion, the welfare state, and the housing market. It was written that rapid changes complicated integration and increased parallel societies and clashing norms and values. According to the author, politicians focused too much on symptom treatment and paid too little attention to population growth due to migration and low birth rates among the indigenous population. The author praised Latten for his expertise and warned that politics, media, and society needed to take demographic changes seriously. https://t.co/wVfulQlN6k #demografie #migratie #socialecohesie (translated)

Homeowners are experiencing a huge increase in the number of reports of cracks and subsidence due to the dry summers, with an increase of almost 389 percent in reports this year according to the Knowledge Center for Foundation Issues. #funderingsproblematiek #droogte #woningmarkt (translated)

Oscar Hammerstein wrote that he found the authorities condescending and incompetent, and that according to him they had exploited the problems of housing seekers to spread false information about the harmful consequences of their failed migration policy. https://t.co/7gi0pc2RCp #woningmarkt #migratiebeleid #beleid (translated)

If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country. Mark Boumans, mayor of Doetinchem and vice-chairman of the VNG, says: ‘In fifty years we have seen our housing market change enormously. Where we used to endlessly build family homes, you can see that the demand is now completely different. Young people or divorced individuals are looking for a different type of housing, for which there are waiting lists in almost all municipalities. So we really need to come to a major transformation. If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country.’ #wooncrisis #flexwoningen #woningtekort (translated)

Forum for Democracy wrote that Jesse Klaver, according to the party, loved migration so much that he denied its disruptive effects on the housing market. The party stated that Lidewij de Vos pointed out the facts to him. https://t.co/76tVUpMwvy #Migratie #Woningmarkt #Feiten (translated)

It often concerns unclear bidding procedures, influence on bids, or a lack of transparency. "If it cannot be independently verified whether the rules have been followed, it is also difficult to substantiate a complaint properly," says De Vries. #makelaars #klachten #woningmarkt (translated)

Almost 86 percent of people with complaints about a real estate agent take no action, despite one in three home seekers having had negative experiences, which has led to the establishment of a complaints reporting point and the necessity for a real estate agent register with behavioral standards. #makelaars #klachten #woningmarkt (translated)

Sander Sassen asked who would pay for the housing for asylum seekers. He stated that about 40 percent of them were illiterate, had little chance of finding employment, and received welfare. According to Sassen, it could not be expected that working Dutch people would bear all the costs. https://t.co/OA722dvrLD https://t.co/ogjSfnoLyy #asielzoekers #woningmarkt #socialezorg (translated)

André Flach wrote that according to him, migration was responsible for 60 percent of the problems with finding and paying for a house. He stated that a report from the Economic Institute for the Building has broken a taboo and said that the SGP has pointed to migration as a cause of housing shortages for years. https://t.co/sczL8qYcm5 #woningmarkt #migratie #huisvesting (translated)