"It is a concern that affects workers, business owners, young people, families and the elderly, because the right to decent housing has become an unattainable luxury for many," they added.

As Spain continues dealing with a nationwide housing crisis, its government has proposed an unconventional fix to the problem — and one that will not please foreigners. Spain has announced plans ...

The Spanish city’s woes mirror a broader affordable-housing crunch spreading rapidly across Europe and driving inequality. Three years after a Spanish investor paid 6 million euros to acquire ...

But CaixaBank, Spain's third-largest lender by market value, revealed in January that foreign demand for housing in Spain has continued to grow since the end of the pandemic. Foreigners were ...

Madrid, Spain — Lorena Pacheco has hit the jackpot — she won the right in a municipal lottery to rent a two-bedroom apartment and parking spot in one of Madrid’s few social housing estates.

"These new tenants will never have to spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on housing," he added. But this lottery meets just one per cent of demand. - Protests - Only 90,000 new units ...

the targeting of non-EU non-resident buyers reflects a refusal in the Spanish government to admit the real causes of Spain’s housing crisis – a “straightforward” problem of rising demand ...

While other European housing markets register price falls ... The Global Financial Crisis affected Spain severely. In the decade to 2007, Spanish property prices soared by 200% with mortgage ...

A lack of affordable housing has become one of the main concerns for citizens in the EU, especially in Spain where residents of cities like Barcelona and Madrid say they are being priced out of ...

Only 90,000 new units are built in Spain every year while 120,000 new households are created, according to Idealista figures, leading to a housing shortage that has caused rents to soar.