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The configuration of a multi-pronged housing movement in Barcelona
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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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Barcelona COVID-19 pandemic Housing movements Multi-pronged movements Social movements
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Citação
Rossini, L., Martínez, M.A., Bernardos, A.G. (2023). The configuration of a multi-pronged housing movement in Barcelona. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 16(1), pp. 63–86
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University of Salento