Rent increasing by the same percentage as income per capita is what I'd expect by default. Inequality in rent-to-earnings is also a problem, though without kno

Rent increasing by the same percentage as income per capita is what I'd expect by default. Inequality in rent-to-earnings is also a problem, though without knowing what it used to be I can't say if that has gotten worse or if it was always that unequal. Vimes Boots etc. The Guardian article links to https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/interactive-publications/housing-2024 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/interactive-publications/h... which shows the % of people in overcrowded homes has gone down, and the % in under-occupied homes has gone up, and that 25% of the EU population's housing has had its insulation improved in the last 5 years. So, quality has gone up despite the same *average* fraction of income being spent. But I still don't know the distribution, the poorest may indeed be worse off, averages (even when combined with standard deviations) hide a lot, as anyone who has seen the Datasaurus dozen will know.