ZURICH - Agents said August already looked like September for rooms and two-room flats. Students who used to wait until the last week of the month were applying now. Family-sized stock in the city remained a rumour with a viewing time.
The cantonal density reform was then weeks from a final vote. It will not house anyone this autumn.
A national shortage
The later vacancy rate below one percent is in our shortage report. Zurich has been living under that line in spirit for years.