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Madrid and Barcelona adopt contrasting approaches to Spain's housing crisis
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Madrid and Barcelona adopt contrasting approaches to Spain's housing crisis
The two cities have implemented opposing policies as rent and sale prices have risen sharply over the past decade.
- The Spanish government passed a housing law in 2023 giving local authorities power to cap rents and tax vacant homes.
- Madrid's regional government has sold public housing, opposed rent controls, and promoted mass construction.
- Catalan authorities capped rents; average rents for new contracts in Barcelona fell 6.4 percent.
- Catalonia banned tourist rentals in 140 municipalities and designated a share of new developments as permanently affordable.
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