Overview
- Pimec published a survey of about 400 companies on Wednesday showing 98% view their local housing market as "tensioned" and that 63% of small and medium firms have trouble filling vacancies.
- The study separates causes and finds 56% of hiring problems stem from travel time, transport cost or poor public‑transport links, while roughly one third point to lack of affordable housing near jobs.
- Eighty‑three percent of companies report rising housing costs are pushing up wage demands and 57% say they already absorb extra staff housing or mobility costs.
- Among firms that assumed extra costs, Pimec reports an average additional bill of about €5,500 per month and says one in two companies has limited, postponed or abandoned growth decisions because of the situation.
- To respond, Pimec and major housing bodies publicly proposed a Pacto Transversal para la Vivienda with ten measures including a stable regulatory framework, raising public housing investment toward 0.7% of GDP, land mobilization, public‑private cooperation and faster permitting.