{"id":14124,"date":"2026-04-05T05:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/minister-discusses-housing-demand-rise-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:43:11","slug":"minister-discusses-housing-demand-rise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/minister-discusses-housing-demand-rise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister discusses housing demand rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300129\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/property-apartment-house-housing-athens-shutterstock-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/property-apartment-house-housing-athens-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Minister discusses housing demand rise\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/property-apartment-house-housing-athens-shutterstock-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Social Cohesion and Family Minister Domna Michailidou attributed the rise in demand for housing to factors such as an increase in single-parent households, the fact that Greece was increasingly attractive to foreign investors, digital nomads and tourists, the growth of the short-stay lease market and Golden Visa programs.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial issue, she claimed, speaking at the DStar Forum in Lamia on Friday, was the difficulty of increasing supply, given the \u201ccollapse\u201d of construction during the economic crisis and structural issues specific to the Greek market, such as the high demand for the greater Athens area and town planning restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/real-estate\/1300129\/minister-discusses-housing-demand-rise\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Shutterstock] Social Cohesion and Family Minister Domna Michailidou attributed the rise in demand for housing to factors such as an increase in single-parent households, the fact that Greece was increasingly attractive to foreign investors, digital nomads and tourists, the growth of the short-stay lease market and Golden Visa programs. 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