In the past 12 months, young Europeans, an average of 6.3 percent across Europe, have struggled with rising rental costs, particularly in Greece, France, Slovenia and the Netherlands.

This percentage does not include people at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Greece has the highest rate of people in difficulty, 17.7 percent, followed by France with 16.7 percent, followed by Slovenia with 10 percent and the Netherlands with 5 percent, reports KosovaPress.

16 to 29-year-olds are the most affected category or almost 15 per cent of all people in the European Union (EU) who have been unable to pay their rent in the last 12 months, an average of 9.5 per cent in across Europe, excluding people not at risk of poverty: 23.8 percent in France, 23.4 percent in Greece and 16.1 percent in the Netherlands.

Eurostat data, which excludes countries with low data reliability, also shows that 4.9 percent of people in the European Union have experienced housing difficulties in their lifetime, meaning that at some point, they were unable to they had a place to stay, but were forced to live in temporary housing.

According to Eurostat, in 2023, across the European Union they face an alarming situation related to housing and rental difficulties. According to data from Eurostat, around 4.9 percent of individuals aged over 16 reported experiencing housing difficulties in their lifetime. This includes cases where individuals did not have a place of their own and were forced to stay in temporary accommodation. The report emphasizes that the figures are particularly worrying for those at risk of poverty or social exclusion, where this percentage reaches 8.5%.