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[00:00:00] The general strike on November 11th, Pedro
[00:00:03] Sanchez's government introduced a package of housing reforms to parliament
[00:00:06] and failed. The opposition from both the right and left voted
[00:00:09] against it. The result: early elections were announced for spring
[00:00:13] 2027.
[00:00:15] Typically Spanish stories are
[00:00:19] abundant online. Here's Samuel, who has lived in Barcelona since 2004.
[00:00:23] He rented the same apartment for 15 years, received a certified
[00:00:27] letter, and he's being evicted.
[00:00:30] Honestly, I'm in despair right now.
[00:00:33] They're telling me that the contract is ending after 15
[00:00:37] years, and I'm very scared. I started looking for apartments. Out of the first five
[00:00:40] apartments online, four were short-term rentals. They didn't even respond
[00:00:44] to the fifth one. Even within a 20-30 km radius of the city, I can't find anything at a price
[00:00:47] I can afford. I consider myself lucky. I have a
[00:00:51] decent salary, and even I might
[00:00:55] have to leave the city. Spaniards themselves call
[00:00:58] such cases "hidden evictions," although
[00:01:02] there's nothing hidden about them. There are many tougher cases. I wasn't
[00:01:06] evicted like Mari Carmen; they just demanded
[00:01:09] my apartment and threw me out like a sack
[00:01:13] of potatoes. The average rent in
[00:01:16] Spain is 1,211 euros,
[00:01:19] but that's just an average. Madrid -
[00:01:22] 1,637 euros, Barcelona -
[00:01:25] 1,646 euros. These are the most expensive
[00:01:28] rents in Spain. For comparison, the average salary in
[00:01:32] the country is about 2,200 euros per
[00:01:34] month. In 2025, residents spent an average of
[00:01:38] 50% of their salary on rent. This is the highest
[00:01:42] figure on record. 13 provinces in Spain
[00:01:45] have an average monthly rent above a thousand euros.
[00:01:48] Supply is falling, demand is rising. For every rental ad, there are an average of
[00:01:52] 143 potential tenants.
[00:01:55] Everyone knows that rent in Madrid is exorbitant, but that's not even the worst part:
[00:01:58] You're already mentally prepared
[00:02:02] to pay an indecent amount, and then they demand every document from your entire
[00:02:06] life, down to your cat's birth certificate. Sometimes they want
[00:02:09] three to four times the rent in income after taxes. If the apartment
[00:02:13] is 1,000, they ask for 3-4,000 net, three
[00:02:17] pay stubs, a 3-month bank statement, and an open-ended contract. With such
[00:02:19] high rents, buying your own home is simply unrealistic. Prices in Spain are growing
[00:02:23] faster than in most of Europe, and salaries are among the
[00:02:26] lowest in Western Europe. Barcelona -
[00:02:30] 4,735 euros per square meter in
[00:02:33] 2024. In 2025,
[00:02:37] a growth of 10.1%
[00:02:40] per year. In 2026, another
[00:02:43] plus 9%. Madrid - 4,400
[00:02:45] euros per square meter. Growth of
[00:02:49] 4.8%. Balearic Islands -
[00:02:52] 5,395 euros per meter. An average
[00:02:56] 80 sq. meter apartment there costs over
[00:02:59] 400,000 euros. With an average salary of
[00:03:02] 2,200 euros per month, this means that without a 30-year
[00:03:05] mortgage, buying a home is unattainable for most.
[00:03:08] According to the National Institute of Statistics of Spain, in 2025 almost
[00:03:12] 45% of the country's residents
[00:03:17] aged 26 to 34 lived with
[00:03:20] their parents. Almost half of them not because they
[00:03:24] wanted to, but because they couldn't afford to rent or buy a
[00:03:27] separate home. Today, the housing issue is becoming one
[00:03:30] of the most pressing and socially significant problems not only in Spain, but
[00:03:33] also throughout the European Union. According to Eurostat, from 2015 to
[00:03:37] 2025, housing prices in the EU grew by almost 64%, and
[00:03:41] rental rates by about 22%. The crisis
[00:03:44] affects not only low-income families, but also the middle class, young
[00:03:48] professionals, and workers in socially important
[00:03:51] sectors. "I call the landlord, what
[00:03:55] happened? Inflation has skyrocketed and I need to sell
[00:03:59] the apartment. Since you're a good
[00:05:13] tenant, you have priority. You can buy it." "How much are you asking?"
[00:05:16] "80 sq. meters plus an attic, in the very center of Madrid,
[00:05:19] 460 thousand euros." I say, "Wait, I'll go to
[00:05:22] my mattress and get the half million that's lying there. Where do you think I'll
[00:05:25] get half a million cash at 30 years old?"
[00:05:28] There are several reasons for high prices, and not just a housing shortage is fueling
[00:05:32] their rapid growth. In Spain and Portugal,
[00:05:36] the tourism sector creates additional pressure. Renting
[00:05:40] short-term is much more profitable, which locals take advantage
[00:05:43] of, reducing supply for the domestic
[00:05:46] market. And what's most interesting is that demand is not
[00:05:50] only not falling, but is growing every year.
[00:05:53] рынка. И что самое интересное, спрос не только не
[00:05:56] падает, но с каждым годом растёт.