🇳🇱 Dutch Minister: Young Locals Can Just Live With Their Parents, Migrants Get Houses First

Dutch Housing Minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan drew sharp criticism this week after defending priority access to scarce social housing for recognized refugees, arguing that many young Dutch first-time home seekers "can still live with their parents."

In an interview with De Telegraaf, the D66 minister was asked why status holders - asylum seekers granted residence permits - should receive preference for social rental homes while Dutch "starters" face long waiting lists and delayed independence. She responded that "we see that a lot of starters can still, or are allowed to, live with their parents."

Boekholt-O'Sullivan, an Irish-born former lieutenant general in the Dutch Air Force who took office earlier this year, claims that anyone who wants to live in the Netherlands should get a roof but does not address the major housing crisis brought on by mass immigration.

"For me, the fundamental principle is that anyone who is allowed to and wants to live in the Netherlands gets a roof over their head," she said. She noted that status holders typically leave asylum reception centers and argued that alternatives such as remaining in centers, homelessness, hotels or cruise ships were unacceptable, so priority allocation should continue until other solutions exist.

The remarks landed amid fresh data underscoring migration's outsized role in the Netherlands' housing crunch. A report released this week by the Economic Institute for Construction (EIB) found that migration accounted for about 60 percent of additional housing demand between 2015 and 2024. Migrants who arrived in that period occupied roughly 435,000 homes by 2024, out of nearly 700,000 homes added to the stock.

In addition, data shows that migrants occupy 44 percent of the 2.2 million social housing units in the country.

The 44 percent figure of social housing units occupied by first or second-generation immigrants has doubled from 22 percent in 2000, and is forecast to rise to 51 percent by 2030.

A total of 92 percent of Syrian first-generation immigrants reside in social housing. In addition, 90 percent of those born in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Eritrea reside in social housing.

Asylum-related migration contributes disproportionately to lasting demand because status holders remain permanently at high rates, unlike many labor or student migrants who leave within a decade.

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dutch-minister-young-locals-can-just-live-their-parents-migrants-get-houses-first

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🗳 🇫🇷 📊 France, Elabe poll:

Presidential run-off election

Le Pen (RN-PfE): 52.5%
Philippe (HOR-RE): 47.5%

Le Pen (RN-PfE): 53.5% (-3.5)
Glucksmann (PS/PP-S&D): 46.5% (+3.5)

Le Pen (RN-PfE): 69% (-0.5)
Mélenchon (LFI-LEFT): 31% (+0.5)

+/- vs. 26-28 August 2026

Fieldwork: 14-16 October 2026
Sample size: 1,701

➤ https://europeelects.eu/2026/06/02/presidential-election-in-france-2027/

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