That example is unnecessarily long. I will be more direct.
Abstract:
This video explains the causes of the severe housing shortage in the Netherlands, which it claims is the worst in Europe. It traces the crisis from the post-WWII reconstruction boom to a policy shift in the 1980s that favored private homeownership, inflating a massive mortgage debt bubble. The 2008 financial crisis, subsequent austerity, taxes on housing associations, and strict environmental regulations (specifically nitrogen pollution) crippled new construction. The video outlines the resulting political gridlock before focusing on a proposal by Rob Jetten's D66 party to build 10 new cities.
As far as I can tell, the video makes a significant factual error by repeatedly calling Rob Jetten the "likely next Dutch Prime Minister." This is false. Geert Wilders's PVV won the election discussed in the video, not Jetten's D66. The feasibility of the proposed solution is therefore questionable, as it relies on the political success of a party that did not win the election.
The Dutch Plan to Build 10 Cities to Solve Its Housing Crisis
0:00:02 The Crisis: The Netherlands has a housing shortage of over 390,000 homes, leading to soaring homelessness.
0:01:12 Historical Context: A post-WWII boom in state-funded social housing was reversed in the 1980s. The government then incentivized private homeownership with tax breaks, which led to Dutch household mortgage debt becoming the highest in the world as a percentage of GDP.
0:02:29 Compounding Factors: The 2008 financial crisis burst the housing bubble. Subsequent austerity measures, new taxes on social housing corporations, and stringent nitrogen pollution laws halted construction and reduced affordable housing stock.
0:03:29 Unaffordable Market: Home prices have massively outpaced income growth. The average home now costs more than 10 times the modal income.
0:04:56 Conflicting Political Solutions: Various political parties have proposed different, often contradictory, solutions, from converting industrial sites (GreenLeft-Labour) to halting housing for refugees (PVV). I don't care about most of these, as they're just campaign talk.
0:05:41 The D66 Proposal: Rob Jetten's D66 party has proposed building 10 entirely new cities. The video wrongly identifies him as the likely next Prime Minister.
0:06:15 Flagship Project: IJstad: The first detailed plan is for "IJstad," a city of 60,000 homes for 120,000 residents on a new artificial island near Amsterdam.
0:07:14 High Cost, Uncertain Future: The IJstad project alone is estimated to cost β¬20 billion. Its future is highly uncertain, as it depends on forming a governing coalition and overcoming opposition from parties that favor building within existing urban areas.