2023-04-23 12:18:20
Spain is at the bottom of Europe in social housing, since while its percentage does not reach 3% of the total park, in the Netherlands it represents 30%, in Austria 24%, in Denmark 20% or in Sweden 19%. Together with Spain, at the bottom of the European table is Romania (1.5%); Estonian (1.7%); Croatia (1.8%) or Portugal, with 2%, according to the data collected in the special on social housing of the Housing and Land Observatory, dependent on the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. With percentages similar to Spain are Bulgaria (2.5%) or Slovakia and Hungary (3%, respectively), despite the fact that their number of inhabitants is well below the Spanish. Among the most populous countries in the European Union, the weight of social housing varies greatly. In Germany it is 3.9%; in France 17%; in the UK it is close to 18%; in Italy it is 3.7%; in Poland 7.6% and in Belgium 6.5%, according to Efe.
With this data, Spain would need to increase the existing social housing stock by almost 8% in order to bring its figures closer to the average of the European countries.
While in Spain, with 47 million inhabitants, there were just over 450,000 social homes out of a total stock of more than 25 million houses, the Netherlands, with a population of close to 17 million citizens, had more than two million protected housing.
In absolute terms, the largest number of social housing is observed in France, with 4.7 million, an amount that represents 17% of its total housing stock. After France, the highest number is in the United Kingdom, which had 4.6 million social housing units, 17.6% of its total. While in the European Union average there were 4 social housing for every 100 inhabitants, in Spain it does not reach 1% of social housing, according to the data collected in said Observatory. The Netherlands is also in the lead, with more than 12 social housing for every 100 inhabitants. They are followed by Austria, with 10 homes per 100 inhabitants (10%); Denmark (9.5%); Sweden (8%); the United Kingdom and France, both with just over 7.5%.
As a whole, the Europe of the 28 accounted for about 19 million social housing, 9.3% of the total park (243 million houses), for a population that exceeded 500 million inhabitants. In Spain, the social housing stock is basically owned by the autonomous communities and town halls.
According to the data provided in this study, Andalusia is the leader in the number of social housing, with some 50,000 publicly owned rentals, followed by the Basque Country, with 24,000 homes and the Community of Madrid, with more than 20,000. Some figures pending updating with the plans announced by the different communities in this matter. If we look at the average figures for spending on social protection in housing, according to the available data, in the decade between 2007 and 2017, the United Kingdom was the country with the highest disbursement (439 euros per inhabitant), followed by Denmark (311). , Ireland (250) or Luxembourg (253). In the case of Spain, according to this statistic, the average was 35.4 euros.
This week the President of the Government himself, Pedro Sánchez, has recognized that the percentage of social housing in Spain, which does not reach 3%, is “minimal”, “ridiculous”, “embarrassing” and “blushing”, although during his legislature the construction of this type of housing has been practically ignored. At the gates of the regional and municipal elections on May 28, the goal has been set to increase the number of publicly rented homes by 20% in a short space of time, an objective that he has described as ambitious, but that he understands it is fair and correct. In recent days, the Executive has announced that it is going to mobilize 50,000 homes and land from Sareb for public housing, and to finance the promotion of another 43,000 rental houses at affordable prices through a new financing line with European funds of 4,000 million.
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