The city of Amsterdam it has taken a 鈥渕ajor step鈥� in its plans to develop a residential district in the southwest of the city.
Funds have been made available to build 6,200 homes in (the New Core), with the first units available to buyers by the end of 2028.
The official city website comments: 鈥淲e are turning De Nieuwe Kern into a pleasant and lively neighbourhood with a mix of homes, facilities such as shops, play and sports areas, and greenery.鈥�
It said city planners aimed to make it 鈥渁 real urban district鈥� but with generous green spaces as prescribed by the celebrated urban designer Hendrik Petrus Berlage, who led the expansion of west Amsterdam in the 1920s.
The goal is to ease a housing shortage in the city, where the average house price is 鈧�664,000. The flats in De Nieuwe Kern will consist of 30% social housing, 40% mid-market rentals and 30% private, owner-occupied homes.
A subsidiary aim is to better connect the southwest of the city to its centre, partly by cycling and walking routes.
The government of the Netherlands has to spending 鈧�7.5bn on adding 100,000 homes a year to the national stock. Nearly 90,000 were built in 2023 but, on average, the figure has been closer to 75,000.
According to the ABF consultancy, the Netherlands had a shortfall of around 400,000 homes in 2024, up from 390,000 in 2023 鈥� the third consecutive annual rise.
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