Why Amsterdam Is So Expensive

Try out the best remote desktop software on the planet: http://www.anydesk.com/hoog New channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ruis-hoog-youtube Chapters: 0:00 Amsterdam's dirty secret 1:15 Meet Mats 4:11 Meet Bram 5:10 The Woningwet (1901) 6:25 World War II and the housing boom 8:29 Suburbanization and urban decline 10:02 Urban renewal and the comeback 11:21 The great deregulation 13:43 Hypotheekrenteaftrek 17:06 The financial crisis 19:32 The boom nobody planned for 20:07 The 40-40-20 rule 21:17 Why construction costs exploded 25:33 The green building paradox 27:25 Wet betaalbare huur 31:31 Rent control vs. supply 36:10 Het vereveningsfonds 39:25 Bram at Café de Pels 41:32 Can Amsterdam raise revenue? 44:42 The obvious solution nobody wants 49:52 Bram's utopian dream 51:47 Outro Credits: Writer: Mats Meeus Editor(s): Luuk Wolter Jesse Schuuring Alessandro Cappeci Will Urquarht Elmer Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio