Almost 15% of EU youngsters are struggling to pay their rent, new Eurostat data says

Over the past twelve months youngsters across the block have struggled with rising costs, particularly in France, the Netherlands and Greece.

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00:00If you're having a hard time paying your rent, you're not the only one.

00:10Across the EU, tens of thousands of people have been unable to cover rent costs over the past 12 months,

00:18an average of 6.3% in EU nations.

00:23This number doesn't even include people who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

00:30Greece has the highest rate of people who are struggling, 17.7%,

00:37followed by France, Slovenia and the Netherlands.

00:42The 16 to 29 age range is the most troubled,

00:47accounting for around 15% of all people in the EU who haven't been able to pay their rent in the last 12 months,

00:5823.8% in France, 23.4% in Greece, 16.1% in the Netherlands.

01:08The Eurostat dataset also shows 4.9% of people in the EU have experienced housing difficulties in their lifetime,

01:19meaning that at some point they had no place of their own and were forced to stay in temporary accommodation.