- It is said an average person lives in 11 homes in their lifetime. What is your number?
- If money was not a problem, where would you live and what kind of house would you have?
- Making housing more accessible would help reduce…
- What share of a household budget do you think is spent on average on housing?
- Why has the price of housing risen so dramatically in the last decade?
- What share of a household budget is spent on housing in low-income households?
- In many countries, a large share of young people is still living with their parents. Is Spain one of these countries? Justify your answer
- Is giving homeless people homes more effective and sensible than making them stay in shelters or on the street?
- How much is Airbnb affecting the housing market in cities where rent is on the rise?
- What can be done about rising homelessness in big cities?
- Does it make sense to encourage homeownership through tax policies?
- Should housing policy be more balanced, supporting rental housing and homeownership on a more equal footing?
Vocabulary:
- affordable home
- low-income housing
- budget
- low -income households
- mortgage
- tenants
- landlords
- overburdened with housing costs
- homeowners
- social housing
- to make a down payment
- disposable income
- average price
- to evict /eviction
- homelessness
- rising home prices
- overcrowding and under occupations
- real state bubble
- subsidized
- housing issues
- cohousing
- utility bills
- to downsize
- squatting/squatters
- to rehabilitate /rehab, rehabilitation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2kej47095no
Tens of thousands of people have protested across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to pass emergency housing legislation.
About 50 marches took place on Saturday in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. "There is a lot of anger in the streets," a spokesperson for the Valencia Tenants' Union said. Clashes have taken place between some protesters and police in the city. It is calling for a general strike over the housing crisis.
