Sánchez’s High-Stakes Gamble: Why Spain’s Housing Crisis Could Shatter the Opposition

By Martyn Rhisiart Jones, Our Senior Political Correspondent, European Desk

If you want to understand why Spanish politics feels so persistently on the verge of a nervous breakdown, wander through any residential district in Madrid, Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela, or Málaga. High above the tree-lined avenues, handwritten banners hang limp from balcony railings: “Casas para vivir, no para invertir” (Homes to live in, not to invest in).