Reporter, Housing & planning
Sophie Klein covers housing and urban planning for status.lu — rents, construction, and the policy fight over how and where Luxembourg builds.
Luxembourg is expanding its Housing First programme, which gives long-term homeless people a permanent home before treating addiction or mental illness. Officials say the approach restores autonomy; Finland's results suggest it works.
Renting in Luxembourg comes with real legal protections, including a rent ceiling tied to the property's value and a cap on security deposits. Here is what every tenant should know.
Housing is Luxembourg's defining domestic challenge: prices have far outpaced incomes, driven by population growth, scarce buildable land, and limited supply. We lay out the forces at work.