Housing has become one of the major problems of society. This is mainly
due to the large increase in the purchase prices.
Young people are the most
affected. In some cases, the purchase price or rental of a dwelling constitutes
more than half of their wages.
Types
of housing
The main types of homes are:
· The free
housing or private: are those which, as its name suggests, has a private
and promotion are built by a company in the private sphere.
In
some regions there are subsidies for people who buy a home of this type. The
amount of each varies with the administration.
· The
Housing Protection Officer: are those that are built through a public
advocacy, ie are partially subsidized by an Administration. They are aimed at
buyers who, for whatever reason, unable to cope with the payment of a free
housing or private.
They
must be regulated by a housing plan, either at national, regional or municipal.
This plan consists of a series of measures to promote access to housing.
There
are two types of Housing Protection Officer. On one side are those in the
public domain, built on public land and on the other, those in the private
sphere, built on private land.
Price
of housing
The cost of housing is a big problem in Spain. In recent years it
has doubled the price that it had in 2000. Higher average in Spain in the last
year has been approximately 10%.
The
following are the cities with the most expensive square meter and cheaper and
the communities and populations with higher and lower price rises:
· Cities with the
most expensive square meter: Barcelona 4192 € / m 2 and
Madrid € 3,870 / m 2.
· Cities
with the most economical square meter: Pontevedra € 1,405 / m 2
and Badajoz € 1,423 / m 2.
· Community
with a greater percentage of higher price: Aragon with 17%.
· Community
lower percentage rise in price: Asturias with 4%.
· City
showed the highest rate of price rises: Zaragoza with 17.5%.
· Community
lower percentage rise in price: Vitoria with 1.7%.
Remarks
The price of private housing is not regulated, or at the time of
purchase or on a future sale. This regulation whether the VPO at the time of
sale, which could be considered a disadvantage.
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