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Dutch Housing Permits Hit Ten-Year High but Construction Bottlenecks Persist

The Netherlands issued more than ten thousand six hundred residential building permits in a single month, the highest monthly total since 2015, but labour shortages, high material costs and administrative delays continue to hinder the conversion of approved projects into completed homes.
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