George Zamfir: Romanian "solutions" to housing problems only feed the housing market

The Romanian expert on housing issues from the Cluj-Napoca's organization Social Housing NOW! discusses with Cross-border Talks about current problems with housing in Romania, which hit not only the poor, but also the middle class. He points out that a big problem for Romania is that housing is seen not as essential human need, but as a good, which is to become accessible exclusively through the market. Zamfir points out at various solutions to housing problems on local, national and European level and explains which of them could be working and which of them are fake. He also has a take on the idea that cities should becoming affordable and accessible to all their citizens, rather than just for the rich. It is a pity that urban planning is left exclusively to the private sector in Romania, Zamfir concludes.