Brussels to free up cash, target tourist flats in EU’s first-ever Affordable Housing Plan

“This is a real problem affecting millions of people, and the inaction is playing right into the playbook of right-wing populists,” Jørgensen noted, citing the ultranationalist parties that have stoked discontent over sky-high home prices to score major victories in countries like the Netherlands and Portugal.

“Normally the EU has not played a big role here,” he added. “That needs to change.”