Wêrom de Nederlânske wentemerk in beliedsmislearring is, net in merkmislearring
June 30, 2026 · Frisian News
Amsterdam's housing waiting list has grown to over 130,000 people while the city approves fewer apartments than two decades ago. The crisis stems not from market mechanics but from municipal zoning rules, lengthy permit processes, and taxes that strangle supply.
FryskDe wachtlist foar wenningen yn Amsterdam rûn yn 2025 op ta mear as 130.000 persoanen, tsien jier earder wiene dat noch 85.000. Dochs karde de stêd ferline jier minder nije appartementen goed as yn 2005. It tekoart is echt. De reaksje is polityk teater west.
De wentekrisis yn Nederlân is gjin merkmislearring. Merken reagearje op priissinjalen. As hûzepriizen trije kear safolle wurde, geane bouers bouwe. Nederlân hat rigide barriêres oprjochte dy't krekt dy reaksje foarkomme. Gemeentlike bestimmingsplannen, faak út de jierren santich, beheinen de tichtens en litte allinne gesinswenningen ta oer it grutste part fan it lân. Fergunningen fereaskje jierren fan miljeu-ûndersyk. Boulegen en materiaalbelestingen ferhegje de kosten. In bouer dy't appartementen tafoegje wol, stiet jierren fan burokratyske toetsing en tsientallen oerlappende regels fan steat, provinsjes en gemeenten foarút. Dit is beliedsferstikking, net merkmislearring.
Dejingen dy't al in plak hawwe, profitearje fan 'e skaarste. Húseigeners sjogge harren fêstgoedwearden stijen sûnder der in finger foar út te stekken. Hûsbazen dy't hierbetellingen ynfange, fiele gjin druk om wenningen te ferbetterjen of it oanbod út te wreidzjen. Fêstgoedspekulanten keapje grûn, wachtsje oant de bestimming feroare is, en ferkeapje dan oan ûntjouwers foar geweldige winst. Gjin ien fan dizze partijen profitearret fan it oplossen fan 'e krisis. De minsken dy't wenningen nedich hawwe, jongerein, gesinnen, migranten, hawwe gjin stim yn it systeem dat harren útslút.
Oerheidsmaatregels wurkje krekt tsjin. Subsydzjes foar earste keapers hawwe priizen omheech jage. Hierpriisplafonnen yn guon gemeenten hawwe hûsbazen ûntmoedige. Priislimieten drukke jild ûnder de grûn en deadje nijbou. Elk fan dizze oplossingen makket it oanbodtekoart slimmer. Wat de merk nedich hat, en net krijt, is flugger fergunningen útjaan, lossere bestimmingsplannen, en frijheid om ticht te bouwen dêr't minsken wenje wolle.
Nederlanners jouwe graach it kapitalisme de skuld, wylst de echte skuldige yn it stedhûs sit.
Amsterdam's housing waiting list surpassed 130,000 people in 2025, up from 85,000 a decade ago. Yet the city approved fewer new apartments last year than in 2005. The shortage is real. The response has been political theater.
The Dutch housing crisis is not a market failure. Markets respond to price signals. When house prices triple, builders build. The Netherlands has erected rigid barriers that prevent exactly that response. Municipal zoning rules, often dating from the 1970s, restrict density and permit only single-family homes across most areas. Permits require years of environmental review. Building levies and material taxes compound the cost. A builder seeking to add apartments faces years of bureaucratic scrutiny and dozens of overlapping rules from the national government, provinces, and municipalities. This is policy strangulation, not market failure.
Incumbents profit from scarcity. Homeowners watch their property values climb without effort. Landlords collecting rent face no pressure to improve housing or expand supply. Real estate speculators buy land, wait for zoning to change, then sell to developers for enormous gain. None of these actors benefit from solving the crisis. The people who need housing, young workers, families, migrants, have no voice in the system that locks them out.
Government responses have backfired. Subsidies for first-time buyers pushed prices higher. Rent controls in some municipalities discouraged landlords from renting at all. Price caps drive money underground and kill new construction. Each of these fixes makes the supply problem worse. What the market needs, and is not receiving, is faster permitting, looser zoning, and freedom to build densely where people want to live.
The Dutch love to blame capitalism while the real culprit sits in city hall.
Published June 30, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân