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Greece's housing crisis and the Golden Visa scheme

Over the past years Greece has seen a sharp increase in home prices and rents, with many talking about a housing crisis as Greeks are being priced out of the property market. This has put the spotlight on the Golden Visa scheme. Yiannis Mouzakis, the co-founder and editor of Macropolis.gr, a political and economic analysis site that focuses on Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Greece’s housing crisis and the Golden Visa scheme. We also explore whether it's time, now that the Greek economy has returned to a much more stable path, for Greece to rethink this scheme and take bold steps to address this crisis.

Read Yiannis Mouzakis’ latest here: Time running out for Golden Visa as housing problems increase

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Farmers intensify protests, block highways

Private universities bill unveiled

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