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Jobbik calls for government action over rising rents
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The conservative opposition Jobbik party on Monday called on the government to take immediate action over rising rents in Budapest and university cities across the country.
Gergely Farkas, the party’s deputy group leader, told a news conference that high rents are becoming an insoluble problem for many young people.
Budapest and university cities have seen drastic rent increases over the past several years, Farkas said. He pointed out that money which five years ago would have been enough to rent a studio apartment would not even cover the rent of a single room today.
But the high rents are not only problematic for university students; they also pose hurdles for young employees and young couples looking to start a family, the deputy group leader said.
Jobbik recommends that the government should speed up the construction and renovation of dormitories, develop the existing local council rental housing system and implement a social housing rental scheme, he said.