Former councillor Van Dantzig: "Building 7,500 homes per year is not sustainable, needs to be more pragmatic"

Because it is not realistic, Amsterdam must abandon its ambition to build 7,500 homes per year. That is what the recently departed alderman for housing Reinier van Dantzig (D66) said in a farewell interview with AT5. "5,000 is a good average." Van Dantzig also believes that fewer social housing units and homes in the middle segment should be built. Changing the construction agreements during this administrative period (2022-2026) was not possibl…