US EditionIn Spain, a Homelessness Crisis Unfolds in Madrid's Airport
- Teresa and hundreds of others without homes are spending nights in various corners of Madrid’s airport as Spain faces a worsening housing shortage, with soaring rental prices in major cities like Madrid and Barcelona.
- Increasing rental prices in Madrid and Barcelona, along with ongoing political disputes, have resulted in authorities largely neglecting the clusters of homeless individuals sheltering within the airport.
- A charity group counted roughly 400 homeless individuals at the airport, many formerly employed and residents of Madrid, while social services assisted 94 people in April.
- Spain's airport operator AENA will soon require boarding passes during low-travel hours to limit access, a policy not yet known to many homeless residents such as Teresa.
- The situation implies urgent need for coordinated government action, as Teresa and others hope for jobs and better living conditions but currently face possible displacement without support.
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In Spain, a homelessness crisis unfolds in Madrid's airport
Madrid's international airport has for months been the site of homeless encampments amid a growing housing crisis in Spain, where rental costs have risen especially fast in the country's capital and also in Barcelona.
Stigmatizing, Cleaning and Expulsion: The Political Response to the Homeless
The solution is not more security or more controls. The solution is to invest in housing, health, social accompaniment. It is to recognize that behind every story there is a broken life, not a threat “My house is an airport” was the title of a chronicle that Daniel Verdu published in El País in 2014. More than a decade later, the situation has not changed. Or yes: it has worsened. Because what was an uncomfortable anecdote before has become a st…
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