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Rents have shot up in Athens. What does this mean for Greek households?

Over the last years housing costs - particularly rents - have shot up across the Athens area, with some rents jumping as high as 55% since 2017. The share of people in Greece who are overburdened with housing costs is rising, and nearly three quarters of tenants in Greece now spend over 40% of their monthly income on rent. This is quickly becoming a top priority for the government as well, which is looking for ways to bring down costs. Nikos Roussanoglou, a journalist with 23 years of experience at Kathimerini covering the economy, with a focus that includes Greece's business environment, technology, and housing market, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why rents have shot up and what this means for average Greeks.

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

Housing costs squeezing Greeks

Cyprus presidential candidates push leadership credentials

Jailed leader of Greek far-right party faces election ban

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