Coliving in Spain: Housing crisis fuels precariousness

Coliving in Spain: Housing crisis fuels precariousness

The aspiration to own decent housing in Spain has become a chimera for many. The debate on current housing solutions reveals a desolate landscape, where coliving emerges as the new face of precariousness, shifting the idea of home to a mere space of subsistence. The normalization of living conditions bordering on third-world standards, dressed up with rhetoric of "modernity" and "community," hides a social and economic regression that leaves many Spaniards without real options for pogre.

From room to cubicle: the escalation of precariousness

The current housing model seems designed to pogre impoverish the average citizen. A downward path is described: from house to apartment, from apartment to room, and from this to coliving spaces. These latter ones, far from being an innovative solution, are seen as a return to the old "piso patera" (overcrowded flats), but with a "proge" veneer and technology that disguises scarcity. Criticism focuses on how youth are forced to "pack into cubicles" while others enjoy spacious villas, and how what is nothing more than "pure regression" is sold as "pogre." Resignation, fueled by successive crises and discourses on "ecological and digital transition," has led to the aspiration no longer being to have a house, but simply "not being evicted from coliving."

The "capitalism" that doesn't look like before

Some participants in the debate point to "capitalism" as responsible for this situation. However, the prevailing view is that what is experienced in Spain differs greatly from classical capitalism. It is labeled as "feudalism with credit card and startup terminology," a system choked by taxes and regulations that paradoxically favors precariousness. The key to understanding how much one can "squeeze" lies in the confluence of two factors: mass immigration willing to "pile up in any hole" and local youth "educated in guilt" who accept "anything just to not go back to the village." The consequence is a market that allows exorbitant prices for tiny spaces, such as 600 euros for 9m².

The gap between reality and official discourse

The contrast between life in Spain and that in the countries of origin of many immigrants is a recurring point. While it is recognized that security and access to basic services like water and electricity improve quality of life compared to their places of origin, criticism is directed towards the normalization of precariousness for the native population. The sustainability of a model that, according to some analyses, impoverishes the Spanish person to lift others out of misery is questioned. The lack of historical memory, which recalls times when saving for a home was antiestéticasible in a few years, contrasts with the current impossibility of accessing ownership, condemning many to "rent and parasitize all their lives" or, in the worst case, to occupation.

The current situation sketches an uncertain future where "impossible housing" is not only an access problem, but one of dignity. The question that resonates is how we reached this point and if there is an exit from this spiral of precariousness that seems endless.

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