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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.
Four out of every ten workers in Spain, who have or are seeking a job,
would be prepared to go and live somewhere else. Income and the
professional career associated with upwards social mobility are the main
reasons for interregional mobility.
People who get their news via social media networks give more credit to
fake news. This study underlines the difficulty of effectively combating
false information.
Between 1998 and 2008, the percentage of immigrant population in Spain grew
from 3% to 13%. Did this favour the appearance of ghettos? Or was there
balance in residential areas between natives and immigrants?