> 17 million people 10 million houses Wait, you’re making it sound like this is an obvious case of not enough supply — which could potentially be solved by bui

> 17 million people 10 million houses Wait, you’re making it sound like this is an obvious case of not enough supply — which could potentially be solved by building more homes! — but in fact, it’s the total opposite: the average Dutch household has 2.14 people, so that’s 8 million households vs. 10 million houses! (I assume this is overwhelmingly folks who want to live together: partners, kids, etc., not just folks who can’t afford to live alone.) Sounds to me like there are 2 million extra houses, not 7 million missing ones. So what, exactly, causes the problem? Presumably, those 2m extra houses just aren’t in the right places?