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FOESSA Finds Housing Crisis Driving Social Exclusion in Andalucía and Galicia

Cáritas is using fresh regional data to push for policy measures focused on housing.

Overview

  • About two million Andalusians—roughly one in four—are in social exclusion, according to the report presented in Seville.
  • More than 1.2 million people in Andalucía live in overcrowded or unhealthy homes, and over 400,000 households fall below the poverty threshold after housing and utilities.
  • The study reports over 1.3 million Andalusians struggle to afford medical treatments and medicines, signaling deepening gaps in health access.
  • In Galicia, more than 78,000 households—around 7%—drop below severe poverty after paying rent or a mortgage, with 2018–2024 data showing home prices up 21% and rents up 28% as wages rose 0.7%.
  • FOESSA concludes that employment no longer shields households from exclusion, citing widespread involuntary part-time work, severe labor instability in over one in ten Andalusian homes, and 5.6% of Galician workers facing severe instability.