La lenta agonía del alquiler de vivienda en España: ¿Qué salió mal?
España impulsó durante años el arrendamiento como alternativa a la compra, pero la falta de oferta y el alza de precios han convertido el plan B en un problema
The slow agony of Spain's rental housing market has left a portion of the population wondering what went wrong. Despite governments and experts championing the benefits of renting over buying for years, the current state of the rental market is both dramatic and paradoxical. The preamble to the 2009 Rental Housing Promotion and Efficiency Act of Spain highlighted the numerous advantages of renting, including increased choice of housing, enhanced mobility, reduced household debt, and greater flexibility in the face of changing family incomes.
At the time, rental housing accounted for only 11% of the residential market, far below the European average of around 40%.
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