National Politics
Miguel Urbán Crespo – When no one expected it…the sun has come out
On Spain’s housing movement and election. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Housing
National Politics
International Viewpoint – Thousands of young people launch a housing protest in Lisbon
Protests over housing have spread all over the Iberian peninsula. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Jaime Pastor – Maricarmen, the general strike, and the threat of an electoral victory for the reactionary bloc
Analysis of the political situation in Spain from a tenants’ union activist. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Regulation
Paolo Gerbaudo – Spain’s New Protest Movement Is Putting Class Centre Stage
‘The occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol by housing protesters has brought back memories of the anti-austerity revolt that began in 2011. But where the Indignados used generic populist language, this new movement has a […]
National Politics
Ben Wray – The housing movement has transformed Spanish politics, and might save Sánchez on 29 November
The eruption of a mass housing movement in the past 10 days has put social class back on the agenda of Spanish politics and completely altered the dimensions of a high stakes General Election on […]
National Politics
Laura Wittebroek – Inside Spain’s Housing Crisis: The Eviction of Maricarmen
Maricarmen’s eviction was the straw that broke the camel’s back, sparking the biggest social movement seen in Spain since the ‘indignados’ 15 years ago. Laura Wittebroek is a writer and member of Clamour. Cross-posted from […]
National Politics
Rubén Díez García: The new protest camp in Madrid is not the same as 15M – it is its evolution
Housing has always been at the forefront of political concerns in Spain post-2008, but whereas the 15-M movement was more broadly about the legitimacy of the political and economic system, the demands of the current […]
National Politics
Euronews – Protesters camp in Madrid in demonstration against Spain’ housing crisis
Very important protests are taking place in Madrid over the country’s savage housing costs. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Emma Baker, Amy Clair, Mark Stephens – How Britain’s housing crisis contributes to its declining healthy life expectancy
Quality of housing is closely linked to health outcomes, and for Britons who rent in the private sector, the quality of housing is shoddy. Emma Baker is Professor of Housing Research at the Australian Centre […]
EU politics
Alexander Reisenbichler – Germany’s housing crisis is making Europe’s sick man even sicker
Germany, long-known for being a cheap country for housing due to widespread affordable renting, has seen rent rise 70% and property prices double since 2010. Dr Alexander Reisenbichler is an Associate Professor in Political Science […]