# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKN4PJiU0Z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71263742-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/45666634a2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T16:31:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Thousands of renters and residents have taken to Barcelona's streets, demanding a change to the unaffordable housing that the city is currently grappling with. ⁣
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In the seaside city, rents are reaching an average of $1,350, compared against average take-home wages of around $2,250. ⁣
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Residents are complaining that thousands of flats are being left empty by large corporations, private enquiry firms, and banks. The protests follow mass-demonstrations in Madrid, when an 87-year-old disabled woman was evicted from her flat after the rent was increased three-fold. ⁣
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On Monday (October 5), Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced he would be holding a snap general election, in a bid to gain greater electoral power after two housing bills failed to pass through his fractured parliament. ⁣
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#Barcelona #Madrid #Protests #UnaffordableHousing #Demonstrations⁣

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- **Likes:** 94
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## Tags

demonstrations, barcelona, unaffordablehousing, protests, madrid

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