Rents in Europe have long ceased to move alongside wages. In many cities, housing costs have become the main pressure factor for households, especially for those at the lowest end of the labour market. Housing and utilities now absorb most of the monthly costs [...]
Almost all major European cities experience increases in rents and as a result some form of housing crisis. The increase in rents more affects low-income workers and those who do not have stable employment, as they must spend a significant percentage of their housing income if they have the economic potential. In general, the highest wages [...]
Faye, at 53 years old, wakes up every morning at 4 o'clock to go to work. Katerina, just five years younger, at 6 a.m. Stephen, an hour later. Sakis is retired. But he worked hard in his life, from a young age, in order to get a satisfactory pension. Life however [...]
Loading Text-to-Speech... In the early 1990 ’ s Lambros purchased a ground floor space of 200 sq.m. in Upper Ilisia, in order to house his craft. When 2010 stopped its operation it had no difficulty finding a tenant, and for a decade the ground floor hosted a print shop. «They rented out six years ago and since then [...]
