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Housing

Video clips from Utrecht council used in Rijnenburg land trading: 'I was shocked by this'

RTV Utrecht22 September · 07:002 days ago

Traders in Utrecht’s Rijnenburg polder earned over €4.5 million by selling fragmented plots to individuals, using edited council video clips to falsely suggest housing plans existed. Lars van Rooij expressed shock at these methods, noting no such plan ever existed, while Rick van der Zweth criticized the speculation and called for public control of land to ensure affordable housing development.

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