Voters across Europe frustrated with thin ideas on solving housing

Before a sex tape dashed Benjamin Griveaux’s hopes of becoming the next mayor of Paris, the preferred candidate of French President Emmanuel Macron could be found promoting his answer to the capital city’s increasingly dysfunctional housing market.

What the average priced-out Parisian needed, according to Mr Griveaux, was a handout of €100,000 to use as down-payment in return for a stake in any upside from the property’s resale down the line.