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What social challenges does decent housing represent in Spain? This report
analyses three challenges in this field: access, conditions and energy
needs.
The welfare system in Spain has never paid great attention to housing.
However, it is a key aspect and one that has repercussions in other
dimensions such as health and education.
Employment precarity is an obstacle to accessing home ownership for young
people. Rental, which is more expensive, or family solidarity are the main
alternatives for setting up a home.
The seventh Dossier from the Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” focuses on
the residential insecurity faced by society’s most vulnerable groups, and
access to housing for young people.
Access to housing through renting is increasing in Spain although it is the
least secure form of housing tenure on an economic, contractual and legal
basis. We analyse which groups are the most affected.
Did you know that 13.3% of Spain’s population is of foreign origin?
Applications for asylum originating from extra-Community countries have
multiplied by 12 in the last ten years in Spain.
What volume of immigration can the rich countries absorb? Expert Giovanni
Peri affirms that not only should low-skilled and low-wage immigrants be
admitted but also highly skilled professionals.
The arrival of foreign pupils at state-owned schools caused the
displacement of the children of native families with greater resources
towards private schools. What effects does this displacement have on the
quality of the public system?