In Amsterdam, local authorities will force residents to rent out empty housing

NL Times writes about it.

Thus, local authorities will deal with the lack of housing.

What are the penalties? For ordinary citizens - 4500 euros. For professional landlords up to 9,000 euros.

I am glad that now we can better deal with this problem,” said Deputy Mayor Zita Pels from the public housing fund. “Empty houses are unfathomable these days. Therefore, we will make sure that the houses are livable again.

However, the city council has not yet approved this measure.