Spain is stuck in the rent crisis: Up to half of the wages go to the residence

SpainThe evidence of ’'s housing crisis is clear for all to see. In the rental market, 2022Cumulative increase since ’ %Around 30 of themAccording to CIS’, construction of housing– PwC data showed that – was at its lowest level since 2010, with an average of 83,000 homes per year, compared to an average of 315,000 homes between 1970 and 2010. And in addition, mass housing stockThe Bank of Spain is clearly insufficient, according to ’: The EU average %A total of 9.3 %With a 1.5 %It is between 3.3 and ’u.

Warning sounds even from inside the real estate sector, which is subject to heavy criticism from platforms such as the Tenants Association because it does not take harsh measures against vulture funds or the evacuation of vulnerable people. Fotocasa, the real estate portal that acts as a sales and rental agent, shows that the average salary of Spaniards who rent their homes in 2025 %He estimates that he spent 50’sini on rent.

Calculated using the average salaries advertised in job offers published on the InfoJobs platform, these figures are much higher than those found in –-like studies of a very unrealistic snapshot. Funcas think tank (source in Spanish)He believes that young people, one of the most affected groups, are spending About their budgets %The 35th ’i:still two percentage points above the maximum amount that economists recommend for such costs, i.e. no more than one-third of the income.

Fotocasa, SpainTaking into account the inequalities between the regions of ’, the average salary share for rent in 2019’da ’den 2025’te %He calculates that he has risen to 50’: Estimated for residents of Extremadura’This rate is for residents of Madrid’ ’e coming out. This is similar to the rest of the autonomous community ranking; The usual suspects are those living in the Basque Country, the Canary and Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, who pay the most.

In return for this, Provinces where residents allocate the smallest share of their gross salariesAmong those hired is Jaén (), Teruel (), from Cáceres (), Ciudad Real (), Albacete (), Ourense (), from Badajoz (), from Córdoba (), from Palencia () and Castellón () is located.