The editorial team at Paperjam have produced a special feature on housing for the May edition of the magazine. It includes an interview with housing minister Claude Meisch (DP), a map of housing market prices, 80 solutions to get out of the housing crisis and feedback on the solutions put in place in Ireland.

Here’s a sneak peek of three solutions for a sustainable way out of the housing crisis. There are 77 more ideas in the magazine.

“Offer state subsidies via banks in the form of interest for first-time buyers,” say Arnaud Regout, (managing director of BPI Luxembourg), Sébastien Labis, (country manager of BPI Real Estate) and Christophe Gilain, (financial director of BPI Real Estate). “The aim of this measure is to anchor Luxembourgers and new arrivals in the country for the long term, whilst promoting VAT and registration duty entries at the time of purchase and in day-to-day expenditure, as well as improving mobility.”

“Create housing cooperatives following the example of Switzerland. The state or local authorities make land available to housing cooperatives, and the cooperatives offer a form of housing that is an intermediary between traditional renting and private ownership,” says Martine Gerber-Lemaire, managing partner at Dentons Luxembourg. “The rent is strictly linked to construction costs, and there is participatory urban planning. Tenants take shares in the cooperative society.”

“‘Abolish’ notaries and create a low-cost, efficient, fast and digital public service that would take on the role currently performed by notaries in real estate transactions,” suggests Max Leners, avocat à la cour at Leners.

Other personalities and executives also share their news and plans:

- François Pauly and Pit Hentgen talk about the bold investment around Villa Pétrusse;

- Jean-Marc Jancovici, co-founder of Carbone 4, talks about sustainability reporting;

- Odgers Berndtson managing partner Agnieszka Zajac and partner Bernhard Dedenbach discuss the professionalisation of the position of director;

- Silke Bernard, partner at Linklaters, shares her perspective European long-term investment funds (Eltifs);

- Félix Giorgetti, GridX project development director, discusses the progress on the new shopping centre;

- Polestar’s head of sustainability Fredrika Klarén talks about transparency and circularity in the auto industry.

The magazine features solutions to Luxembourg’s housing crisis. Photo: Maison Moderne

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An interview with housing minister Claude Meisch (DP) is featured in Paperjam. Photo: Edouard Olszewski

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Discover a map of apartment prices in Luxembourg. Photo: Maison Moderne

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Eighty solutions to get out of the housing crisis are presented in Paperjam. Photo: Maison Moderne

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François Pauly and Pit Hentgen talk about the bold investment around Villa Pétrusse. Photo: Nader Ghavami

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Jean-Marc Jancovici, co-founder of Carbone 4, talks about sustainability reporting. Photo: Carbone 4

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- Odgers Berndtson managing partner Agnieszka Zajac and partner Bernhard Dedenbach discuss the professionalisation of the position of director. Photo: Nader Ghavami

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Silke Bernard, partner at Linklaters, shares her perspective European long-term investment funds (Eltifs). Photo: Nader Ghavami

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- Félix Giorgetti, GridX project development director, discusses the progress on the new shopping centre. Photo: Eva Krins

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Polestar’s head of sustainability Fredrika Klarén talks about transparency and circularity in the auto industry. Photo: Polestar

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Take a look inside Jana Degrott’s wardrobe. Photos: Nader Ghavami

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The new Foodzilla lifestyle section offers great deals, inspiring portraits and editorial picks, and the #Under50 section invites you to discover a company with fewer than 50 employees.

The June edition with its Research & Innovation supplement will be available on 15 May.

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This article was originally published in French.