Barcelona's housing crisis displaces vulnerability from urban centers to peripheries, study finds
By
David Rodríguez
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Summary
Barcelona has fewer vulnerable neighborhoods than a decade ago according to the Ministry of Housing's updated Catalog of Vulnerable Neighborhoods (2021 data vs 2011). However, this apparent improvement masks a deeper problem: the city hasn't eradicated segregation but has displaced it to the periphery. The housing crisis is pushing low-income populations out of central urban areas toward the outskirts, relocating rather than solving vulnerability.
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Detrás de esta estadística, aparentemente positiva, se dibuja otra realidad no tan favorable: la capital catalana no ha conseguido erradicar esta segregación, sino que la ha expulsado y la ha trasladado hacia la periferia.
El Catálogo de Barrios Vulnerables muestra una disminución estadística de los mismos en Barcelona, pero provocado por una expulsión de la rentas bajas de la ciudad a causa del precio de la vivienda.
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