Housing
Everyone has a theory.
Few have looked at the data.
"Immigrants are to blame for rising housing costs"
2007–2014: immigration stable, prices -35%. Correlation ≠ causation.
"There are no homes, that's why prices rise"
26.6 million dwellings. 19.6 million households. 3.8 million empty.
"Rents have risen equally across all of Spain"
Valencia +3.6%. Asturias +1.8%. Twice the difference.
"Empty housing would solve the problem"
There are 3.8 million empty dwellings. That doesn't mean they solve the crisis on their own.
"The problem is nothing is being built"
136,187 homes were started in 2024. The problem is households grew faster.
"Social housing barely affects the market"
The social housing stock covers just 1.72% of households.
The data is there. You decide what to do with it.