Video. Housing crises explodes: rents up by 60% in Europe

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · May 04, 2026 · 64 words · By Angela Skujins; Nikos Michos

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Housing crises explodes: rents up by 60% in Europe Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: A coalition of European mayors is set for a high-level meeting with the European Commission and Parliament on the housing…

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Affordable housing isn’t anymore one of the four pillars of the European social model, warns Roberto Gualtieri, Rome’s mayor, to Euronews.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: A coalition of European mayors is set for a high-level meeting with the European Commission and Parliament on the housing crisis.

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Claim 1: “A coalition of European mayors is set for a high-level meeting with the European Commission and Parliament on the housing crisis.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the event. Brussels Signal reports that European Council President António Costa announced a gathering in November after meeting with the 'Mayors for Housing' alliance. Another source confirms the coalition of 17 mayors is calling for EU-level regulation and funding to tackle the housing crisis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Highlights, press releases and speeches...
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/home/en

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web search NEUTRAL — European Council President António Costa announced the gathering on April 30 after meeting with the Mayors for Housing alliance in Brussels. He told reporters that affordable housing was “one of the m…
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/04/no-rush-eu-leaders-schedul…

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web search NEUTRAL — The European mayors' recipe for tackling the housing crisis: €300 billion annually.The coalition of 17 mayors, which also includes Liberal and Green leaders, also calls for increased regulation at the…
https://en.ara.cat/international/collboni-and-european-mayor…

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Claim 2: “rents up by 60% in Europe”

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The evidence from EuroNews directly contradicts the claim. It states that house prices increased by 60 percent, but rents only increased by 30 percent over the last 15 years. The claim incorrectly attributes the 60% increase to rents.

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