The one easy thing that every country should do is ban parking requirement.
Requiring developers to build parking in every apartment building significantly increases the cost of housing. These costs are always passed on to new buyers.
Parking requirements also encourage extreme car dependency.
In my city we have a historic center of medieval origin; it's semi-abandoned, and in each attempt at rehabilitation, buildings are renovated with modern qualities, but without garages because it's Impossible without destroying a large part of the heritage. They always fail, largely because there's nowhere to park, even on the street. Yes, some apartments are always sold, but very few indeed.
It's one thing to not want to use the car daily, and another to not want to have it at all, or anywhere to put it.
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IMO: look at what Vienna is doing. Affordable housing for everyone is keeping prices in check and avoids corpo-thugs gangraping the public.
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https://epthinktank.eu/2025/05/21/a-coordinated-eu-approach-to-housing-2/The one easy thing that every country should do is ban parking requirement.
Requiring developers to build parking in every apartment building significantly increases the cost of housing. These costs are always passed on to new buyers.
Parking requirements also encourage extreme car dependency.
https://www.ecf.com/en/news/cut-housing-costs-by-up-to-20-reforming-parking-mandates-for-affordable-housing/
In my city we have a historic center of medieval origin; it's semi-abandoned, and in each attempt at rehabilitation, buildings are renovated with modern qualities, but without garages because it's Impossible without destroying a large part of the heritage. They always fail, largely because there's nowhere to park, even on the street. Yes, some apartments are always sold, but very few indeed.
It's one thing to not want to use the car daily, and another to not want to have it at all, or anywhere to put it.
IMO: look at what Vienna is doing. Affordable housing for everyone is keeping prices in check and avoids corpo-thugs gangraping the public.
Edit: typo.