The Right to housing is guaranteed in the Spanish constitution (1978). Article 47 provides that one of the “guiding principles of social and economic policy” is the right of Spanish citizens to decent and adequate housing. These "guiding principles” do not receive the strong jurisdictional protection enshrined in the Constitution for "fundamental rights".

Sonia Olea Ferreras

Human Rights Officer

Key points of the Communication to the Government of Spain from the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Adequate Housing and on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in reference to the Draft Law on the Right to Housing in process since February 2022 in the Spanish Parliament. [1]

Introduction

As energy prices continue to rise across Europe, it is not just low-income households experiencing energy poverty who are at risk, but middle-class homes are increasingly vulnerable due to their disposable income shrinking because of the energy crisis.