New housing measures won’t fix Spain’s supply problems
Spain’s new rent controls will do little to ease the country’s worsening housing shortage. While the government has pledged nearly €900mn in support for homebuilding and social housing, that will barely dent the estimated 750,000 shortfall in housing supply. Instead, the shortfall will probably rise further as rent controls constrain supply and continued strong immigration fuels demand for housing.
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