Pointer - Season 5 Episode 11

The housing shortage is great and house prices are still high. And yet we are not building new houses at a high pace. The opposite happens: investors put their new construction plans on hold because it is now more convenient to wait a while. This is happening all over the country. The houses that are so desperately needed - affordable rental housing for teachers and healthcare staff - are particularly affected. How is it possible that it is better for companies not to build than to build? And how is the government going to solve this? The government wants to add almost one million houses by 2030. Is the housing shortage getting even worse?