Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housing
Posted by No1PaulKeatingfan
Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housing
Posted by No1PaulKeatingfan
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Any discussion about housing affordability in Spain that doesn’t acknowledge that housing construction has fallen off a cliff since the real estate bubble of the aughts is simply unserious. Unfortunately, these people will simply [pretend that supply and demand is a lie](https://www.md-a.co/p/scarcity-truthers) and scapegoat any and everybody before recognizing that Spanish cities need to expand upwards.
Countries that want a lot of immigrants should peg housing to immigration. For every immigrant, build two housing units. That eliminates the housing crisis and brings more people into the country, creating jobs. If there’s a housing crisis, people will find something to blame and that’s often the other: immigrants in this case.