{"id":7446,"date":"2025-10-28T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7446"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:00:57","slug":"one-in-ten-romanians-live-in-severely-inadequate-housing-report-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7446","title":{"rendered":"One in ten Romanians live in severely inadequate housing, report shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania ranks among the European Union countries with the highest share of people living in severely inadequate housing, according to new data compiled by Monitorul Social, a project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, based on Eurostat figures for 2023\u20132024. The <a href=\"https:\/\/romania.fes.de\/ro\/e\/problema-locuirii-in-romania.html\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> showed that 9.6% of Romania\u2019s population lives in conditions classified as \u201csevere housing deprivation,\u201d meaning homes that are both overcrowded and affected by at least one of the following issues: leaky roofs, lack of a bath or shower, no indoor toilet, or insufficient natural light.<\/p>\n<p>Romania is second only to Latvia, where 11.5% of the population face similar living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Other EU countries with high rates of severe housing deprivation include Greece (6.9%), Bulgaria (6%), Portugal (6%), and Italy (5.8%). At the other end of the spectrum are Malta (0.5%), Ireland (0.9%), and Finland (1%), the same report revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its poor ranking, Romania\u2019s situation has improved in recent years, as the share of people living in severely deprived housing has dropped from 19.8% in 2015 and 14.2% in 2020 to 9.6% in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to the same source, overcrowding remains one of the most pressing issues in Romania. Nearly six in ten families with children (59.3%) live in overcrowded homes &#8211; the highest proportion in the European Union.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria (52.9%) and Latvia (52.2%) follow. In contrast, only 6.2% of families with children in the Netherlands, 5% in Malta, and 3.8% in Cyprus live in overcrowded conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Romania also performs poorly on access to basic sanitation. About 13.9% of the population lack a bathroom, shower, or indoor toilet, compared with 5.2% in Latvia, 4.7% in Bulgaria, and 4.5% in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung\u2019s analysis, addressing these housing challenges requires stronger public investment in social housing. The organization recommends that Romania\u2019s National Housing Strategy 2022\u20132050 be revised to prioritize public housing as a key solution to overcrowding and poor living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/radub85_info\">Radub85<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/stock-photos\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania ranks among the European Union countries with the highest share of people living in severely inadequate housing, according to new data compiled by Monitorul Social, a project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, based on Eurostat figures for 2023\u20132024. The report showed that 9.6% of Romania\u2019s population lives in conditions classified as \u201csevere housing deprivation,\u201d meaning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}