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Luxembourg's public housing fund doubles homes under construction as building freeze eases
Luxembourg's state-backed housing developers sharply increased the number of homes they were building in 2025, the clearest sign yet that a construction slump triggered in 2022 may be easing. The Fonds du logement more than doubled its dwellings under construction to 1,227, and the SNHBM launched a record 473 affordable homes. But STATEC's latest figures show the private new-build market remains frozen, leaving the recovery lopsided and incomplete.
By Sophie Klein3 days ago
Economy
Labour market
Luxembourg's craft-skills centres mark a decade as the trades shortage endures
Luxembourg's Centres de Compétences for the building and finishing trades marked ten years with claims of more than 90,000 workers trained, but the craft-skills shortage they were built to fix has not gone away.
By Jonas Thill24 June 2026
Housing
Housing policy
Luxembourg keeps its 6,000-homes target but admits it can't measure capacity
Luxembourg's government says it remains committed to building 6,000 homes a year, but in a written reply to parliament its housing and economy ministers acknowledged they cannot say whether the target is reachable. Output has run far below the goal for decades, permits are falling and the construction sector is shrinking.
By Sophie Klein24 June 2026
Housing
Housing
Luxembourg's housing squeeze, by the numbers
Housing is Luxembourg's defining domestic challenge: prices have far outpaced incomes, driven by population growth, scarce buildable land, and limited supply. We lay out the forces at work.
By Sophie Klein11 June 2026

Luxembourg's public housing fund doubles homes under construction as building freeze eases

Luxembourg's craft-skills centres mark a decade as the trades shortage endures

Luxembourg keeps its 6,000-homes target but admits it can't measure capacity

Luxembourg's housing squeeze, by the numbers