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Here in the Netherlands, the government agency for housing has the figures on how many second homes people own, but refuses to publish it.
Journalists have estimated that the number is about equal to the number of people looking for a house. About 400K on a population of 18M.
The scarcity is artificial.
Those second homes by the beach usually aren't where the unhoused need them, and they probably couldn't afford them anyway
Are you still talking about the Netherlands? Unless it's on one of the islands, I don't see how a house near the beach could be in a bad location
It's great if you're vacationing. Not so great when you need to get to work 50 miles away
There are no beaches in the Netherlands that far away from a major city though
Maybe but you get my point. Half if not the majority of the housing problem is where they rather than whether the are