Tenant awaits verdict in first trial seen as symbol of Barcelona's housing crisis
Josep Torrent has been living in Casa Orsola for over 20 years but now faces eviction
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Gimnàs Social Sant Pau, a community center at the heart of Barcelona's housing crisis
With 1,028 evictions in 2020, the Catalan capital is the city in Spain where they are carried out the most
Barcelona's alleged security crisis exaggerated by media ‘echo chamber’, says expert
“These are not new problems, they have been around for a longer period of time”, says criminology lecturer Steven Kemp
Tourism in Barcelona: a concern even for the European Tourist Industry
City is becoming a ‘victim of its own success’, warns Brussels lobby
Girona’s ‘theme park’ city center no place for local neighbors
Affordable housing activists claim locals are being pushed out of their homes, while the Girona city council says there’s no issue
Barcelona Mayor lobbies EU leaders to make city life more affordable
Ada Colau leads network of cities campaigning for three-point plan to cut rent prices, prioritizing regeneration over gentrification
Barcelona's world-famous unofficial skate park faces controversial nighttime curfew
The sleek curves in front of the Macba art museum have been a skating landmark for a quarter of a century but are now under threat from Barcelona City Hall