Truth?
In that base, pilots are rated the lowest class of all the network.
No one cares at all. No input from them is heard.
More truth, yes flight crew share because it's simply undone to rent on your own!
800 euro's a month for a decent place plus expenses is still quite normal. Then some flight crew commute home to their families with bought tickets at other airlines because there is simply no company route leaving them with a small amount to live from.
So whatever that so called management saw about prices over there is quite wrong.
The company hotel is not stupid also. They are keeping the prices high because they know that flight crew will come there first but there is no bargains. They set the price and if you dont like it find another place. (Which a lot of people do but the prices are still skyhigh).
And loss of sectors -> that base flies 30 sectors average throughout the year.
If you want a little bit of 'same level' salaries, then that base has to be compensated because like many said allready, other bases do 50 or more average.
Whatever it is called, housing allowance or salary compensation. It does not matter.
What matters is that that company took money from their own personell and are laughing at it because they simply can.
Don't like it, get out. (Like many did allready and the base is every month loosing crew.)