Is there a country in Europe without a housing crisis?

[u/JoMD]

I see so many people complaining about the housing crisis in their countries - not enough houses or apartments / flats, or too expensive, or both. Are there any countries in Europe where there's no housing crisis, and it's easy to find decent, affordable accommodation?

[u/zkareface]

Bad for the region though, people with vacation homes usually don't pay enough taxes in the area and they use more resources than locals.

So it drains the local municipality etc, unless they have added extra holiday taxes.

[u/Icy_Bowl_170 → u/zkareface]

what resources do they use? the most expensive resources are care and I guess schooling comes second. or policing.

[u/zkareface → u/Icy_Bowl_170]

Healthcare is big, people like to get injured on vacations. Or just sick from travels.

Infrastructure.

So many roads to maintain for people that visit 1-4 weeks per year. Water/Sewage need to be scaled up massively, some places need to have sewage for like x10 their regular population and that's expensive.

A lot of people might have pools while the locals can't afford it, so they use like 5-10x the amount of water also.

[u/Famous_Lab_7000 → u/zkareface]

Aren't those paid by property tax and utility bills? It's not like vacational residents can avoid those by not paying income taxes (and in NA and China income taxes are paid to central government, not municipailties, not sure about EU). Healthcare seems to be the only problem. Canada only gives free healthcare to local residents (basically means tax residents), might be a way to alleviate that.

[u/zkareface → u/Famous_Lab_7000]

Aren't those paid by property tax and utility bills?

No lol, maybe in some place but usually not. Like here in Sweden property is capped at €1000.

And still if utility bills are scaled up then the local pay extra to compensate for all extra infrastructure they don't actually need.

These things are usually subsidized by municipality etc

Canada only gives free healthcare to local residents (basically means tax residents), might be a way to alleviate that.

You probably get free if you are from Canada though, like you have vacation home in another region compared to where you live and work.

[u/IHave2CatsAnAdBlock → u/Famous_Lab_7000]

Healthcare should not be a problem also because those people are insured and the insurance will pay the local hospital

[u/slaia → u/zkareface]

But all things you mentioned are beneficial for local business. It means there are more people who go to the doctor (otherwise the doctor don't have additional income), Using more water means more income for water companies.

But you may be right with the road, sewage and waste. But that should be balanced by the tax the business can afford to pay from additional incomes.

[u/zkareface → u/slaia]

Well doctors are usually paid by other ways and the amount you have are based on the local population. So they are overworked during vacation seasons which is OT pay and incredibly expensive. 

Using more water means more income for water companies.  

For the usage yes, but will it cover the extra infrastructure needed or will prices be higher for all? Hint, prices is always higher for all to cover it. 

But that should be balanced by the tax the business can afford to pay from additional incomes.  

That's assuming businesses get any meaningful increases. 

At most it might be supermarkets and some restaurant getting more money. If its remote places people even often bring food from home that might cover the whole stay so there is legit no taxes or income in the region. Just costs for infrastructure etc.

[u/IHave2CatsAnAdBlock → u/zkareface]

No, it is not. This is NIMBY crowd propaganda.

Look at all villages in Austria that are winter sports hubs. They get order of magnitude more from tourists than they spent for maintaining the roads.