Housing crisis

Nine in ten find it hard to access decent housing and feel it harms quality of life

Tourism is third according to local poll, followed by immigration and cleanliness

Seasonal lets in Catalonia up 52%, government figures show

Accommodation platform cites hotels and tour operators as "main promoters" of mass tourism

The program will cover 20% of the property's value, which will not need to be repaid until the mortgage is paid off in full

Tension on march as activists target hostel with water guns and tape

Tenants’ Union accuses Jaume Collboni of acting "under the orders of the construction lobby"

Local police and municipal inspectors temporarily shut down the offenders

Platform says it "continues to address" requests to take down properties that don't comply with regulations

European Parliament's special committee on housing crisis traveled to Barcelona and Badalona

Badalona mayor tells MEPs from housing crisis committee that housing law "doesn't work"

MEPs will meet mayors Collboni and Albiol as well as landlord and tenant organisations

Executive to approve third credit supplement to budget at extraordinary cabinet meeting on Thursday

Six activists slept in the three-storey property on Thursday night after shantytown eviction

Protesters pushed back as cleaning and waste collection staff dismantle site