Spain tackles housing ‘social emergency’ as rents double

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Since the kitchen is not available, Blanca has to wash the dishes in the bathtub and improve the cooking space with gas camping stoves in the corner of the living room.

Many of her fellow tenants in this apartment block near Madrid’s Ato Tea Train Station have similar problems. They said they would not renew their lease contracts, saying that the company owned the building had stopped responding to the basic maintenance request in recent months.

Blanca said, “The current lease bubble is encouraging many owners to do what they are doing here.” This is to remove the current tenant who has been here for a long time to have a short -term tourist apartment or simply raise the rent.

Blanca and her fellow tenants vowed to stay in the building despite trying to push them down by the owner who could not give an opinion on this article.

Lease contracts have been fixed in the last five years, but the central Madrid has surged in recent years.

“In other homes [in this area]”You’ll have to pay more than twice as you pay now,” Blanca said.

Her and her neighbors are one of millions of Spanish people who are suffering from the housing crisis due to the cost of rental.

In the last decade, salary has increased by about 20%, but in the same period, Spain has doubled. According to Property Portal IMELISTA, there was a 11% increase over last year, and the housing was the biggest concern for Spain.

In addition, Spanish people are moving to the streets to demand the acts of the authorities to make their houses more cheaper, causing anger. Thousands are expected to protest on Saturday, April 5, in Madrid and dozens of other cities.

According to the Spanish Central Bank’s report, almost 40% of the lease family consumes more than 40% of the current income.

“The current problem is a big imbalance between demand and demand,” said Advelista’s Juan Villén.

Villén provides examples of Barcelona, ​​and the landlord’s increase has increased. Five years ago, they competed to rent each city in the city, while the number rose to 54. At that time, the rental costs increased 60%.

Villén said, “We need to build more real estate.” And in terms of lease, we need more people who want to rent their own real estate or buy real estate, be willing to modify and place them in the lease market. “

The central government describes the situation as “social emergency,” and I agree that the supply shortage is leading the crisis. Last year, the Housing Department estimated that 600,000 to 1 million new houses were needed in the next four years to meet demand.

The need for more houses was partially pushed by the arrival of immigrants who joined the workforce and helped to lead Spain’s economic growth. In addition, 3.4%of the total supply pointed out the lowest social housing shortage in Europe.

In 2007, more than 600,000 houses were built in Spain at the height of the real estate bubble. However, high building costs, available land shortages and lack of manpower have been a factor in limiting construction in recent years, and in 2024, less than 100,000 houses were completed.

The government took measures to synchronize the construction and distribution lands for the construction of a cheaper housing, and tried to prevent public housing in the past in the private market.

But socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his willingness to intervene in the market to control the rent.

He recently said in an event to open 218 low -end apartments in the southern cities of Seville, the Spanish said, “We want to act, and they argued that the housing market would be operated according to the law of social justice according to the law of reason, not the law of the jungle, but the law of reason.

The central and many local governments have confirmed short -term tourism accommodation as part of the problem. Last year, the Canary Islands, Valle Aicks, and many cities in the mainland saw protests on tourism levels that were rapidly increased by local residents, and major dissatisfaction with rental costs raised major complaints.

Some city halls responded by plans to limit tourism flat permits, and Barcelona has canceled the license of about 10,000 short -term apartments in the city by 2028.

The Sanchez government also forced the Housing Act through Congress. This includes an upper limit for the lease of the so -called “failure” region where the price is not controlled. Political resistance meant that this bill has been implemented only in the northern parts of the Basque Nara, Navare and Catalonia, and the success is open to the discussion.

Socialist -led areas and central governments have shown that rental costs have decreased by 3.7% in Catalonia’s “failure” areas since Barcelona has decreased 6.4% since the introduction of CAP a year ago.

Critics, however, warned that the rental limit gave birth to the owner and withdrew thousands of real estate in the market.

Villén said, “The problem in terms of supply is that all measures taken by local or national governments are against the landlord.” Even those who have a new real estate, which are architecture -to -land, do not want to enter the lease market because they do not want to enter the lease market.

Another initiative proposed by the central government, which stimulated the discussion, is a tax of up to 100%for real estate purchased by non -residents outside the EU, and such a house is often the basis for not living. This is a measure that can have a big impact on British buyers when it is released.

The conservative opposition party accused the government that the government has a lot of hands on the approach. However, as the public anger of this problem is established, there are many other people who want national leaders to act much more strictly.

Gonzalo álvarez, an organization that campaigns for tenants’ rights, argues that the Gonzalo álvarez of the available housing is a problem, but more buildings are not the answer.

“There is a lack of housing because the house is kidnapped. On the other hand, there are all empty apartments belonging to Vulture Funds and Banks.” “So there is no need to build more and not needed. But we are kidnapped.”

His organization is threatening to coordinate the national strike of tenants who want to force the government to reduce the rapid reduction in rents to the owner and refuse to pay the rent.

“that [central and local] Álvarez says the government is not setting the limit. ”We should do it.”