Finding a home to lease at a ‘worthy’ price has become, for many young people, an almost impossible task, both in Portugal or in Spain. Between high prices, reduced offer and often unworthy housing conditions, the dream of living in two countries of the Iberian Peninsula quickly becomes an exercise in patience and resistance.
In social networks, testimonies of those facing this reality multiply. One of the most recent is from António, a Tiktok user known as @antoniomesito, who shared in a viral video the most unusual examples he found in portals such as the idealist in this case in an attempt to lease a home in Madrid.
There are rooms shared by more than five people, makeshift kitchens inside bedrooms, bathrooms without any privacy and incomes that exceed 900 euros by moisture and natural light apartments. “And I’m sorry, but this is not a window,” he comments, quoted by the Spanish newspaper La Razon, showing a tiny opening in one of the ads.
Tiny spaces and makeshift divisions
Among the most caricatured situations, António highlights a room so small that it compares to a cell, with space only for a bed. “What does you seem to live as a prisoner?” He adds, quoted by the same source. In another case, the wall that separates the “room” from the hall is just a curtain, as if it had turned a closet into a sleeping space. The ironic tone of the video underlines a frustration that is common to many young Madrid.
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A problem that goes beyond humor
The numbers confirm the difficult scenario. According to data from Portal Fotocasa, municipalities of the community of Madrid such as Parla, Fuenlabrada, Getafe or Leganés registered up to up to 35,4% In the average price of incomes in the last year.
In the capital, the increase was more moderate, 6.4%, but the average value already reaches 22.35 euros per square meter, placing Madrid among the most expensive cities of Spain to lease, according to the same source.
Young people pushed to shares
According to the Spain Youth Council, 87% of young people living outside their parents share housing to reduce expenses, on average with three or four people. The lack of correspondence between salaries and lease prices feeds a widespread feeling of frustration and discouragement.
As summarizes a comment left in António’s video, quoted by: “When the landlords saw these videos, we never got anything again…”, in an outburst that reflects impotence to a market dominated by speculation.
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