While many politicians and developers suggest that building new apartments could solve the housing crisis, there is an underlying problem: not only are rents and property prices rising, but land prices are rising too.
Where can we build affordable housing? Who owns the unused land? And how much common land have cities sold off at low prices to largely unknown companies over time?
A team of investigative, local and data journalists organized within the Urban Journalism Network is investigating the dynamics of “ground control” in European capitals, starting with Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Prague.
