Absentee landlords and the room-rental scourge
In many Dutch cities and neighbourhoods, residents are complaining about absentee landlords who purchase homes and split them into units, renting small apartments and rooms to students and foreign workers. In some cities entire neighbourhoods have been affected by a room-rental scourge. Problems of noise pollution, littering and poor upkeep are forcing many residents to leave.
Read article: Radio Netherlands, 26 May 2008


