The lack of affordable housing sneaked again in the debate of the Xplica Explica last Saturday. Aritz Durán, a young student of Zamora based in Madrid, denounced that renting a simple room can cost 500 euros and that emancipation has become an impossible for much of his generation, something he intends to fight against the government with the new help for young people who intend to rent with a purchase option.
Durán explained that, like many young people from small cities, he had to move to the capital in search of opportunities. However, he found what he defined as a “structural problem” in the housing market, since neither in his city of origin is employment nor in Madrid you can live with an entrance salary.
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“When we finish the race and start working, prices are unassumable,” he said. His own search in Portales reflects the situation: small rooms for 500 euros, floors shared with up to seven people and no possibility of saving for the future.
“We are going to look for an idealist floor. We look
“Either we live enslaved or we cannot continue”
The student directly pointed to the political leaders and the great owners. He claimed to explain “why young people have to kill ourselves by working if we are not going to have the opportunity to have a better future”
In short, “the youth of Spain sees a black future,” according to Aritz. A reality that the student summarizes in a dilemma: “either we live enslaved to pay a rent that takes all the salary or we cannot follow.”
A blocked generation
Aritz’s testimony reflects what confirms The latest reports. Youth emancipation in Spain is in historical minimums and only 14.8% of young people manage to become independent, according to data collected by the Youth Council.
The great obstacle is the price of housing and The cost of currently becoming. Renting a floor costs average about 675 euros per month, while a room on a shared floor ranges between 200 and 400 euros. In addition, the average rental price in Spain is already 11.59 euros per square meter, which places thousands of young people outside the market.
With his speech, Aritz put voice to a generation trapped in the lack of opportunities in its cities of origin and without the possibility of independence in large capitals.