For years, China’s economy was a brick and mortar giant, but recently they’ve made a radical move: they’ve essentially allowed their massive property bubble to burst.
In Algeria, We are currently facing a massive housing crisis where the prices in Algiers or Oran are completely disconnected from our actual salaries. Should our government pull a "Xi Jinping" and prioritize "Living" over "Speculation"?
What exactly did China do?
For decades, China’s growth was fueled by real estate. People bought "ghost apartments" just to park their money, and developers like Evergrande built on massive debt.
In 2020, the Chinese government introduced the "Three Red Lines" policy. This was a set of strict financial rules that stopped developers from borrowing more money. They basically said: "If you can't manage your debt, you can't grow."
The Result: Massive developers defaulted, projects stopped, and prices dropped significantly.
The Goal: Xi Jinping’s slogan: "Houses are for living in, not for speculation." He wanted to make homes affordable again for young families and stop the economy from being a giant house of cards.
Why should Algeria consider this?
The situation in Algeria is different, but the pain is the same. Here is why we might need a similar "reset":
The Salary vs. Price Gap: In 2026, the average apartment in Algiers (like Bab Ezzouar or Kouba) costs between 12 to 30 million DZD. When you compare that to the average national salary, it’s mathematically impossible for a young professional to buy a home without a "miracle" or massive inheritance.
The "Empty Apartment" Syndrome: Walk through any new promotion immobilière at night. Half the windows are dark. People buy these units as "safe havens" for their money (especially to hedge against DZD inflation), while thousands of families are stuck in cramped rentals or "AADL" waiting lists.
Economic Diversification: Like China, our capital is "stuck in cement." If the government made it harder to speculate on land and buildings, that money might finally flow into startups, agriculture, or industry sectors that actually create jobs.
The Risks?
Of course, crashing the market means people’s savings lose value. In China, it caused a huge economic slowdown. But can we continue like this?
What do you guys think? Is it time to force prices down so the next generation can actually afford to live, or would a "forced crash" destroy the little financial stability we have?
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Khadidja Mansouri, a resident physician, passed away recently. Her husband has come forward to share the circumstances surrounding her death, and it's something every Algerian needs to read.
According to her husband, she was subjected to arbitrary punishment by her hospital supervisors extra shifts added on top of her already heavy schedule. While her colleagues in her year had 4 shifts per month, she was assigned 5, in the gynecology and obstetrics department one of the most physically and emotionally demanding specialties in medicine.
He specifically notes that this punishment of extra shifts affected more than just her, pointing to a systemic culture of punitive treatment toward resident doctors.
The second image shows who Khadidja really was a first-year MPR (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) resident who messaged a senior doctor in 2022 simply asking for good books and resources to master her specialty.
Eager. Humble. Passionate.
This is who we lose when the system grinds people down with punitive overtime, poor conditions, and zero accountability.
Our best and most motivated doctors are being buried literally by a system that treats them as expendable.
Guys show some love at her profile: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=140669238552156
Rabi yerhmha, Dr. Khadidja.
A question for male here: do you think we should march on this kind of protest?
I came across the Instagram account of a 14-year-old Algerian actress (managed by her parents, as stated in the bio). The comments section on her reels is filled with openly sexual and harassing comments until her parents closed most of the posts sections.
This is deeply disturbing. A child. A public account. And people feel completely comfortable posting this kind of content.
Algeria needs stronger child protection online. This is not acceptable.