Paris housing crisis to dominate elections
1,503 views · Published 22 February 2014 · 2:05 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
There's a housing crisis in Paris with not enough rental properties to go round. Huge demand has led rent prices to soar, and an increase in the number of people living in cramped, over priced and sometimes un-sanitary conditions. The crisis is also set to dominate next month's local elections. Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood reports from Paris.
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