It's easy to blame politics, but those politics are based in social reality.
"Keeping the costs sane" for tech workers would mean putting the housing out of reach of many ordinary people.
There is a finite amount of space, and the reason why housing scarce in many cities in Europe is because a large portion is reserved for rent controlled social housing (which unlike the US isn't just the extreme low end).
Not doing that clearly doesn't work either (see SF), and has so many negative social side-effects that are unacceptable in Europe, so you don't even have to bother trying to suggest it.
It simply comes down to too many people wanting to live where there's not enough space. To solve that, you have to look at social factors, not bureaucracy and real estate.
Personally I would suggest looking at the people who actually wouldn't mind getting out of those cities but currently can't for various social and economic reasons. Ironically, those are not the tech workers who could at least theoretically work remotely.
"Keeping the costs sane" for tech workers would mean putting the housing out of reach of many ordinary people.
There is a finite amount of space, and the reason why housing scarce in many cities in Europe is because a large portion is reserved for rent controlled social housing (which unlike the US isn't just the extreme low end).
Not doing that clearly doesn't work either (see SF), and has so many negative social side-effects that are unacceptable in Europe, so you don't even have to bother trying to suggest it.
It simply comes down to too many people wanting to live where there's not enough space. To solve that, you have to look at social factors, not bureaucracy and real estate.
Personally I would suggest looking at the people who actually wouldn't mind getting out of those cities but currently can't for various social and economic reasons. Ironically, those are not the tech workers who could at least theoretically work remotely.