Just pass the law that allows rent regulation in the free sector, housing aldermen Dennis de Vries of Utrecht and Reinier van Dantzig of Amsterdam told Trouw ahead of parliament’s debate about outgoing Housing Minister Hugo de Jonge’s bill.
The city of Amsterdam is taking extra measures to stimulate housing construction. The construction market is struggling, and, as a result, fewer homes are being built than needed to solve the housing crisis. Among other things, the city will reexamine land prices in transformation contracts to see if it can lower them for developers.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has prohibited waste management firm Afvalprocessing Rijnmond from taking over Amsterdam waste processor AEB. The acquisition would create a company that is too powerful and would lead to higher prices, possibly increasing the cost of household waste processing, if the takeover were allowed to go through, the ACM said.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has prohibited waste management firm Afvalprocessing Rijnmond from taking over Amsterdam waste processor AEB. The acquisition would create a company that is too powerful and would lead to higher prices, possibly increasing the cost of household waste processing, if the takeover were allowed to go through, the ACM said.