@article{Pareja-Eastaway2017,
title = {Social housing in Spain: what role does the private rented market play?},
author = {Pareja-Eastaway, Montserrat and S{á}nchez-Mart{í}nez, Teresa},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10901-016-9513-6},
doi = {10.1007/s10901-016-9513-6},
issn = {1566-4910},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-06-01},
journal = {Journal of Housing and the Built Environment},
volume = {32},
number = {2},
pages = {377--395},
abstract = {textcopyright 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.The global economic and financial crisis has hit the Spanish economy hard, creating an unstable framework for employment and growth. Since 2007, housing markets have been deeply affected by the crisis. The private rented market has exhibited two specific consequences: on the one hand, the bursting of the real estate bubble has inhibited profit gains in the homeownership sector, providing better incentives to operate in the rented market. On the other hand, huge social conflict has emerged in relation to the lack of proper shelter for certain households which can be seen in the increase in evictions and in homelessness. We want to focus on the latter: since Spain lacks a critical mass of social housing, low-income households have been attracted by the private rented sector, particularly during expansion periods, as quite often there is no available (and affordable) alternative. In periods of economic recession, the substantial pressure that rents put on the financial situation of these households might even cause them to move out of their homes. The hypothesis we will test in this paper is that private rented markets fill several aspects of the role of social housing provision in Spain reinforcing the negative effects the lack of social housing creates in the country, highly visible during recession periods.},
keywords = {Crisi Econòmica, Habitatge},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Budowski2016,
title = {Precariousness and quality of life? A qualitative perspective on quality of life of households in precarious prosperity in Switzerland and Spain},
author = {Budowski, Monica and Schief, Sebastian and Sieber, Rebekka},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11482-015-9418-7},
doi = {10.1007/s11482-015-9418-7},
issn = {1871-2584},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
journal = {Applied Research in Quality of Life},
volume = {11},
number = {4},
pages = {1035--1058},
abstract = {textcopyright 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS).Households' resources and constraints are key components of quality of life (QOL). QOL also depends on how these are evaluated. In times of crisis one expects subjective wellbeing and quality of life to decline. We argue that the quality of life depends on objective living conditions, their subjective evaluation and the ability to maintain or improve the situation of “embedded individuals”. This ability, in turn, depends on the opportunities provided by the state, labour markets, families and communities. We analyse qualitative interviews (2008–2010) with around 25 households in precarious prosperity in two cities (Pamplona, Spain and Lausanne, Switzerland) to elaborate their QOL. Few sampled Swiss households witnessed a decline in socio-economic status, contrary to the Spanish. Domains important to these households for QOL varied according to the opportunity structures: in the Spanish sample QOL was related to the opportunities for income, work, and security to plan ahead; in the Swiss sample to health, work-life balance and loneliness. In both samples, QOL varied according to scope of agency, people's position within the life course, the households' past experiences, current situation and future perspectives. Lack of future perspectives and opportunities lowered QOL; reframing, adaption and accepting the situation sometimes moderated QOL. We conclude that apart from living conditions and/or subjective wellbeing, households' agency within opportunity structures is a promising direction for further research in QOL.},
keywords = {Habitatge},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{vasquez-vera_foreclosure_2016,
title = {Foreclosure and Health in Southern Europe: Results from the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages},
author = {Hugo Vásquez-Vera and Maica Rodríguez-Sanz and Laia Palència and Carme Borrell},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11524-016-0030-4},
doi = {10.1007/s11524-016-0030-4},
issn = {1099-3460},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Urban Health},
volume = {93},
number = {2},
pages = {312--330},
abstract = {Housing instability has been shown to be related to poorer health outcomes in various studies, mainly in the USA and UK. Affected individuals are more prone to psychiatric (e.g., major depression, anxiety) and physical disorders (e.g., hypertension). This situation has deteriorated with the onset of the economic crisis. One of the most affected countries is Spain, which has high rates of foreclosure and eviction that continue to rise. In response, a civil movement, The Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), works to provide solutions to its members affected by foreclosure and advocates for the right to decent housing. The aims of this study ware to describe and compare the health status of PAH members from Catalonia to a sample of the general population and to analyze the association between health status and mortgage status, foreclosure stage, and other socioeconomic variables, among members of the PAH. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire (2014) administered to 905 PAH members in Catalonia (textbackslashtextgreater18 years; 559 women and 346 men). Results were compared with health indicators from The Health Survey of Catalonia 2013 (n = 4830). The dependent variables were poor mental health (GHQ 12 ≥ 3), and poor self-reported health (fair or poor). All analyses were stratified by sex. We computed age-standardized prevalence and prevalence ratios of poor mental and self-reported health in both samples. We also analyzed health outcomes among PAH members according to mortgage status (mortgage holders or guarantors), stage of foreclosure, and other socioeconomic variables by computing prevalence ratios from robust Poisson regression models. The prevalence of poor mental health among PAH members was 90.6 % in women and 84.4 % in men, and 15.5 and 10.2 % in the general population, respectively. The prevalence of poor self-reported health was 55.6 % in women and 39.4 % in men from the PAH, and 19.2 and 16.1 % in the general population, respectively. These health inequalities were independent of socioeconomic status. The prevalence of poor mental health was higher among individuals in the non-payment stage of foreclosure than among those who were up to date with their payments (e.g.},
keywords = {Habitatge, Salut},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@techreport{sindic_de_greuges_de_catalunya_informe_2015-1,
title = {Informe sobre l'accés a l'habitatge social},
author = {{Síndic de greuges de Catalunya}},
url = {http://www.tercersector.cat/sites/tercersector.cat/files/informe_sobre_acces_habitatge_social_cat_sindic_greuges.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
pages = {34},
address = {Barcelona},
institution = {Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya},
keywords = {Habitatge, Informes},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {techreport}
}

@online{creu_roja_habitatge_2013,
title = {Habitatge i col·lectius vulnerables},
author = {{Creu Roja}},
url = {http://www.creuroja.org/AP/cm/3814P242L8/Habitatge-i-col-lectius-vulnerables—5e-estudi.aspx},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
urldate = {2017-07-18},
keywords = {Afers Socials, Habitatge},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {online}
}