Every quarter, Madrid puts 50 to 200 social housing flats up for grabs in a lottery Sergio Encinas (L) and his partner Lorena Pacheco in their apartment in Madrid. AFP Lorena Pacheco has hit the ...

So how can the housing crisis, often exacerbated by the proliferation of short-term rental services such as Airbnb, be tackled in the European Union? The mayors of Madrid and Barcelona each ...