The evidence of the housing crisis Spain is going through is plain for all to see. In the rental market, the cumulative increase since 2022 is around 30%, according to the CIS, while housing construction - PwC data -has been at rock-bottom levels since 2010, with an average of 83,000 homes a year compared with 315,000 on average between 1970 and 2010. In addition, the stock of public housing is clearly inadequate, according to the Bank of Spain: between 1.5% and 3.3% of the total, compared with an EU average of 9.3%.
Warning voices are now even being raised from within the property sector itself, which has faced heavy criticism from platforms such as the Tenants' Union for failing to take firm action against vulture funds or against evictions of vulnerable people. The property portal Fotocasa, which acts as an intermediary for sales and rentals, estimates that Spaniards who rent their homes spent on average 50% of their salary on rent in 2025.
