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Almost 15% of EU youngsters are struggling to pay their rent, new Eurostat data shows

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By Alessio Dell'Anna
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Over the past twelve months youngsters across the block have struggled with rising costs, particularly in France, the Netherlands and Greece.

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Thousands of EU citizens have been unable to cover rent costs over the past 12 months, an average of 6.3% across EU nations.

The number doesn't even include people at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Greece has the highest rate of people who are struggling, 17.7%, followed by France (16.7%), Slovenia (10.5%) and the Netherlands (10.4%).

The 16 to 29 age range is the most in trouble, accounting for nearly 15% of all people in the EU who haven't been able to pay their rent in the last twelve months, an average of 9.5% across the block if we consider only people not at risk of poverty: 23.8% in France, 23.4% in Greece, and 16.1% in the Netherlands.

The Eurostat dataset, which excludes countries with low data reliability, also shows that 4.9% of people in the EU have experienced housing difficulties in their lifetime, meaning that, at some point, they had no place of their own and were forced to stay in temporary accommodation.

For more information, watch the Euronews video in the player above.

Video editor • Mert Can Yilmaz

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