The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona

The housing movement that emerged in Spanish cities during the 2007–8 global financial crisis has undergone various mutations. If at first it was led by the anti-evictions fight of the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) and the housing groups of the 15M mobilization cycle (2011–14), the...

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Autores: Rossini, Luisa, Martínez, Miguel A., García Bernardos, Ángela
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Moviments socials
COVID-19
Habitatge
Desnonament
Barcelona (Catalunya)
Social movements
Housing
Eviction
Barcelona (Catalonia)
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spelling The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in BarcelonaRossini, LuisaMartínez, Miguel A.García Bernardos, ÁngelaMoviments socialsCOVID-19HabitatgeDesnonamentBarcelona (Catalunya)Social movementsCOVID-19HousingEvictionBarcelona (Catalonia)The housing movement that emerged in Spanish cities during the 2007–8 global financial crisis has undergone various mutations. If at first it was led by the anti-evictions fight of the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) and the housing groups of the 15M mobilization cycle (2011–14), the successive rent crises since 2013 and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–22) have given rise to new activist expressions—housing/neighborhood unions (sindicats d’habitatge / de barri) and a tenants’ union—in metropolitan areas such as Barcelona. These have played a central role in housing organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we investigate the development of the housing/neighborhood unions while understanding their relationships with other housing groups in Barcelona. We first aim to know if, how, and why they have adopted, modified, or replaced the protest repertoires used by the PAH and the tenants' union and, second, to what extent the local housing movement in Barcelona evolved into a more diverse and multi-pronged configuration. Our findings indicate significant divergences between these housing organizations but also a common and complementary field of activism that eventually proved to be resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.Coordinamento SIBA-Università del Salento2024202420232024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion24 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/208653Articles publicats en revistes (Treball Social)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v16i1p63Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2023, vol. 16, num.1, p. 63-86https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v16i1p63cc-by-nc-nd (c) Rossini, Luisa et al., 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2086532026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
title The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
spellingShingle The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
Rossini, Luisa
Moviments socials
COVID-19
Habitatge
Desnonament
Barcelona (Catalunya)
Social movements
COVID-19
Housing
Eviction
Barcelona (Catalonia)
title_short The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
title_full The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
title_fullStr The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
title_full_unstemmed The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
title_sort The Configuration of a Multi-Pronged Housing Movement in Barcelona
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rossini, Luisa
Martínez, Miguel A.
García Bernardos, Ángela
author Rossini, Luisa
author_facet Rossini, Luisa
Martínez, Miguel A.
García Bernardos, Ángela
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author2 Martínez, Miguel A.
García Bernardos, Ángela
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Moviments socials
COVID-19
Habitatge
Desnonament
Barcelona (Catalunya)
Social movements
COVID-19
Housing
Eviction
Barcelona (Catalonia)
topic Moviments socials
COVID-19
Habitatge
Desnonament
Barcelona (Catalunya)
Social movements
COVID-19
Housing
Eviction
Barcelona (Catalonia)
description The housing movement that emerged in Spanish cities during the 2007–8 global financial crisis has undergone various mutations. If at first it was led by the anti-evictions fight of the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) and the housing groups of the 15M mobilization cycle (2011–14), the successive rent crises since 2013 and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–22) have given rise to new activist expressions—housing/neighborhood unions (sindicats d’habitatge / de barri) and a tenants’ union—in metropolitan areas such as Barcelona. These have played a central role in housing organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we investigate the development of the housing/neighborhood unions while understanding their relationships with other housing groups in Barcelona. We first aim to know if, how, and why they have adopted, modified, or replaced the protest repertoires used by the PAH and the tenants' union and, second, to what extent the local housing movement in Barcelona evolved into a more diverse and multi-pronged configuration. Our findings indicate significant divergences between these housing organizations but also a common and complementary field of activism that eventually proved to be resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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