
Prishtina’s growing pains
Housing insecurity in a construction boom.
|2019.06.03
|
For many young people from Prishtina, remaining living at home with their families is the most financially viable option.
“The economic status impacts a lot of your decisions as a young person living in the capital city.”
“We can not interfere with the market demand for luxury housing in Prishtina.”
Genc Bashota, Municipality of Prishtina“You have people in need, but [according to the] requirements that they put in the law, they do not qualify.”
Limited Profit Housing Associations hold 23 percent of the total market stock of housing in Austria.

Sindre Langmoen
Sindre Langmoen was an Editor at K2.0. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Politics, Psychology, Law & Economics from the University of Amsterdam. He is particularly interested in photography and politics.
This story was originally written in English.