So these are few basics reasons why people don't want new houses to be built in their neighbourhood in NL/BE: 1) New houses these days are mostly bought by immi

So these are few basics reasons why people don't want new houses to be built in their neighbourhood in NL/BE: 1) New houses these days are mostly bought by immigrants, so they don't want to have more immigrants in their neighbourhood than before. 2) It decreases value of their property. 3) Resources get scarce quickly, one friend told me once the new building was sufficiently occupied, their nearest AH/Jumbo couldn't keep up with demand, and it caused very basic issues for all residents until new shops opened up about a year later. 4) More noise due to construction, dust and any other kind small issue. 5) A visual eye-sore, most new construction is tall, unappealing and borderline disgusting as it doesn't fit most post-war neighbourhoods. As an immigrant myself, I feel disappointed looking at the state of new construction, but also I don't see how the government can fix this. If everyone complains not to build near their home then there are no new places to build houses.