Housing has turn into a principal disclose in Spain because it struggles to steadiness selling tourism, a key driver of its financial system, and concerns over high rents due to the gentrification and landlords fascinating to extra lucrative, non permanent vacationer leases
Reuters
24 November, 2024, 10:35 am
Closing modified: 24 November, 2024, 10:41 am
About 22,000 americans protested in Barcelona on Saturday, in basically the latest demonstration to query decrease housing condo costs and better living conditions.
Housing has turn into a principal disclose in Spain because it struggles to steadiness selling tourism, a key driver of its financial system, and concerns over high rents due to the gentrification and landlords fascinating to extra lucrative, non permanent vacationer leases.
The cost of leases signed in the 2d quarter of 2024 in Barcelona changed into almost 70% increased than in the identical length of 2014, knowledge from the Catalan Housing Company presentations.
“We are spending half of our wages in hire … This need to stay!,” mentioned Carme, 28, a spokeswoman for a tenants union.
Smaller protests had been held one day of Catalonia, and in Burgos, Asturias in north Spain and Jerez de la Frontera in the south.
The authorities launched a crackdown on non permanent and seasonal holiday lettings in July and plans to compare listings on platforms comparable to Airbnb and Booking.com to notify in the occasion that they own got licences.
Demonstrations were held this year in Madrid, the Canary Islands and Malaga, the assign seasonal hospitality workers fight to secure lodging, with many sound asleep in caravans or even their vehicles.
