Housing Crisis in Spain: The Youth Perspective

Spain’s housing crisis has driven hundreds of thousands to the streets, demanding affordable housing. Over the past decade, home prices have increased by almost 50 percent. Rents are soaring, and not enough properties are available for rent. It’s a story that’s echoing in many cities across the world. What will Spain do next?

In this episode:

• Jaime Palomera (@JaimePalomera), co-founder of IDRA, the Barcelona Urban Research Institute

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Amy Walters, with Marcos Bartolomé, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Remas Alhawari, Kisaa Zehra, Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra, and our guest host, Manuel Rapalo. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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