Overview

• The Belevingen 2024 survey finds 49% of adults dissatisfied with housing availability in their region and 38% expecting it to worsen in the coming years.
• Only 24% say they are satisfied with local housing, while satisfaction with other amenities is far higher, including 84% for sports facilities and 82% for restaurants and cafés.
• Discontent and negative expectations are concentrated in Noord-Holland and Utrecht, with similarly bleak outlooks in Gelderland and Zuid-Holland, while fewer than 30% foresee decline in Fryslân and Drenthe.
• Zeeland residents are relatively more positive about housing yet report low satisfaction with other services, especially public transport, where just 22% express approval.
• RTV Utrecht, citing Kieskompas responses, reports that three in four Utrechters doubt politics will solve the shortage, with calls for more construction and better housing flow.