An exposé explaining real estate speculation and exploring alternative models already in play in Europe.

Faced with soaring purchase and rental prices for housing in most European cities, the powers that be must give citizens a chance to select and contribute to their own lived environments.
A journalist specializing in housing issues, Isabelle Rey-Lefebvre sheds light on various anti-speculation models in their political and historical contexts as she goes out to meet locals, elected officials, experts, and academics. Her inquiry takes readers on a tour of a Europe ravaged by speculation and, above all, an exploration of innovative solutions for combating it, creating housing accessible to one and all and putting the lived environment back at the forefront of municipal issues.