Spain's Housing Crisis REACHES Boiling Point in 2024

[@danielschwartz5816]

TheThe problem is the government charging 10% tax on property when you buy are or build it.

[@fluttergrrl]

The way Stuart responded to the comment about people on google earth in certain cities not looking Spanish just warmed my heart. Perfect.

[@allanfrost2855]

Housing crises - Just stop possibility for companies to buy houses - only high-rises more than 3 floors and they have to rent out on permanent basis. If private people buy appartments or house more than their home, they should pay part of their tax in the area where they own an appartment and house. Big companies are playing with house prices, so they can gain tax deduction and borrow extra money with houses as security. Many houses is empty more than 9 month every year. This is not only a problem in Spain !

[@gundalfx]

Extra taxes on second homes would force hundreds of thousands of families to give up their inherited family homes in the small villages, causing an even faster growth of empty Spain.

[@allanfrost2855]

@@gundalfx Small villages ? Look in Barcelona, Valencia, Nerja, Granada, Malaga - how many houses is Airbnb - it is crazy. But non of the people who rent out pay tax in those cities. If family houses is left by the family why should it be vacant? But I refer to appartments in big cities - start there :)

[@pyellard3013]

Load of crap...Just build more houses/apts...Problem solved.

[@allanfrost2855]

@@pyellard3013 Oh and ofcourse you will pay for all the houses, si ?

[@debbiegarza1287]

Woah!! 500 properties on Costa del Sol confiscated!! Bada-bing-bada-bong! Housing crisis solved!!

[@sonia1963ish]

Why was he permitted to buy 500 properties lol 😂Spain has always been surrounded by money laundering a lot of there richer places are built on it 😂

[@danilomodus5651]

@@debbiegarza1287 there are over 500.000 Immigrants every year into Spain and I do not see much Construction (high Cost ) and Apartment Buildings look like from a bygone era 50 years ago ,you can't have Population increase and not much Construction.

[@walterramirez3287]

If you go to McDonalds when in Spain, you are missing the great Spain food. If I want to eat McDonalds I stay home.🤷‍♂️

[@Eddie-w5p]

Same housing issues are obviously a world problem. In Australia the shortage of public housing is also a hot topic. 700 million.... nice win for the Spanish government, I can already hear them lining up rubbing their hands for a share.

[@pyellard3013]

If the population grows...A country needs to build sufficient new housing to match. Where has that happened over the last forty years?

[@ProgMannen]

At most Starbucks had 17 coffee restaurants here in sweden. Now there is 6. We in the north have an own chain... Espresso House. With 400 cafées. Starbucks did'nt stand a chance with their crap coffee. Espresso House coffee is way way better !

[@BGCajun]

Hey Stu. Thanks for the channel. My wife and I enjoy it. Regarding Starbucks, we were in Gijon recently and decided to grab a cuppa. Full disclosure: we’re Americans who live in New York and recently purchased a flat in Pola de Lena, Asturias. We find Spanish coffee good but slightly bitter. Being able to have a cafe con leche de soja was a treat for us. And this particular Starbucks is very nicely decorated.

[@brisbanebill]

Starbucks came to Australia and failed miserablely. It is now only a few stores in tourist area. Australian coffee is awesome and the competition is fierce, so maybe Spain needs to pull up its socks?

[@adrianwilson8356]

Spot on mate

[@danionthego]

Starbucks! Don’t go there. See where their $$$$ goes. Support your local Café.

[@Run.Ran.Run1]

It's nothing more to me than a public restroom.

[@paradoxparade1]

To be fair, you could say that about any multinational.

[@danionthego]

@ indeed. That is why we should patronize our local merchants while we still have them to help keep our countries out of eventual poverty.

[@upcycledcopycat8389]

A little late for your live, but last March in Madrid I was complaining about all the Starbucks everywhere and how I missed North American coffee someone overheard me and gave me directions to a Tim Hortons. You can bet I checked it out. It was wonderful. Could have used one in Malaga old town though.🇨🇦

[@triniwilliams]

Starbucks isn't selling coffee, they are selling an experience and an escape ... taking advantage of that Third place between home and work

[@jp13119]

Stu, your sarcasm is so refreshing! I love it and it gives me a big Laugh! Please keep doing You!

[@ElizabethBidinger]

Exactly right on the original Caesar Stu - Mexico & ingredients you mentioned.

[@livelife1561]

500 properties?? No wonder there is a housing crisis in Spain 😢

[@danionthego]

@@livelife1561 if only our governments would get their hands on all the other millions of properties bought with drug and prostitution money, the world would be a better place.

[@jmarin5539]

Well, on the topic of homelessness, i would add other things to consider, such as not ending up in the sea with your house inside or elements like tsunamis, tornadoes, cyclones, blowing the house of your dreams, after a thousand mortgages, over your head, ,.,.,.. and other accidents that could occur along the way.

[@DerekKenny-l2u]

Stuart thanks for the update

[@crestonrogerson3788]

I know of at least 200 unfinished homes in various stages of construction and they are in multiple locations in the Valencia area… I have tried to create a business group for development of some of these properties and they weren’t interested…. They would rather fail 😂

[@jengd1730]

As a native Seattleite, lo siento por Starbucks.

[@walterramirez3287]

Starbucks is overprice coffee. Pulpo? I buy the whole octopus for $6.99 a pound and cooked at home. Easy to prepare and I really enjoyed.

[@seanflewin9803]

Absolutly not, no one has the made up right to steel other peoples hard earned cash to buy stuff for the bone idle. Life style choice is mostly the cause homelessness though not always, some need to learn phrases like "responsibility" and "earn your keep". In the 90's we had to leave the area we grew up and live where we could find work. Now in this narcissistic era of big tech and of everything's my right, some people want to take other peoples stuff off them and sit on there butts to much. In the uk the 50 somethings are being cleaned out of there savings and pensions being forced to support people that couldn't give a monkies todger. Tax the crap out of the billionaire's for your free houses, not the people that work and save

[@justindawson6724]

Doom Doom ! We're all Doomed ! 😅😅😅.

[@ElizabethBidinger]

I hope they use better ingredients abroad as the U.S. uses highly inflammatory seed oils for French fries, GMO products, highly processed food that is really bad for our health.

[@dominichannam1990]

Stuart I think Maccas is slightly better down under. Aussie beef is 👌 and makes a difference even in a 1/4 pounder 😃

[@onewheel9961]

Dont like starbucks coffee. Love a nice cortado

[@carmenfernandez5234]

Try a strong flat white at Starbucks. (Espresso roast with whole milk. Just like a great cortado.) I prepare it at home also.

[@AlexMontgomery-i7s]

Spain's govt plan to bring in close to one million people, mostly from Africa, over the next 3 years. The main stated reason is to support the welfare system. How will this help improve housing availability and affordability? And still unemployment sits around 11% (overall) and closer to 20% for youth (18-25). Maybe the politicians are availing themselves of the booming cannabis market. Might explain their policy.

[@EdMcF1]

What is a sheep's favourite Christmas song? 'Fleece Navidad'.

[@ChristinePhilpott-i4s]

All the boat people are taking them

[@EdMcF1]

Some Catalans might say that they themselves don't look Spanish.

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

So what does a Catalan (supposed) to look like?

[@carmenfernandez5234]

​@rebeccagutierrez1960 ...The late great singer Peret. Catalan and Romani.

[@faragatanfarra]

They look like Phoenicians, just look at Silvia Oriol or Guardiola

[@howardwalker7185]

😂

[@Benito-lr8mz]

Yes have a green skin and four arms lol😂

[@VDeeO_Buff]

Nothing to see here. Same problems as in almost every other country out there. Just happens to have Spain on the title.

[@EdMcF1]

'free from flooding' XXX = 'dry'.

[@debbiegarza1287]

Starbucks is a gateway drug!!🤣

[@Stevosunnydays]

Gday mate 😊😊😊 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍻🍀🚲🍀🍀🍀😎😎😎. .

[@seanflewin9803]

If you need to have a McDonald's in spain then stay at home

[@monologic4806]

Interesting. But way to many ads on your channel. I'm out with a 👎

[@danionthego]

@@monologic4806 give the fellow a chance. Adds bring him a few pennies at a time. He puts a lot of work into these interesting broadcasts. He needs to earn a living.

[@seansmith445]

Pay for premium

[@danionthego]

@ i don’t subscribe to anything that renews automatically

[@seansmith445]

@@danionthego it’s not a contract

[@shinyshinythings]

“Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!”

[@danilomodus5651]

You go to Starbucks if you want to relax or work and don't want a Cortado , I go for Matcha Frappuccino, makes me feel better than Coffee. and that is el Puerto de Santa Maria with beautiful Christmas Lights

[@danionthego]

@@danilomodus5651 but do you know who you are supporting with the money you spend there?

[@paradoxparade1]

True. I go to Starbucks to get some work done, not because their coffee is good.

[@sz13bigmo]

You may be onto the secret of expansion probably good wifi. Most Madrid stops with free wifi were very weak.

[@danilomodus5651]

The Work Environment, Wifi and the Matcha Frappuccino that has a better effect on me than Coffee , It is not about having a plain Coffee Plus Comfortable Chairs and Calmness and Space and getting Stuff or Conversations done without a bunch of People talking on top of each other ( Spanish Coffee Shop )

[@mariourrabazo7428]

Lived/worked in el Puerto in 2003 building offshore rigs at Dragados shipyard. Great place but no Starbucks there at that time. Really, really enjoyed my time in that area of Spain!!

[@stevenjohnston1107]

Having a right to seek housing is good but having a right to housing means to necessarily force others to build it for you which is forced labor. This is morally wrong. The main reason for the housing crisis everywhere is government and their long red tape process to get permits and also "green ideology" where they prevent housing from beung constructed in mny places or puts obstaclesnto get permits.

[@paradoxparade1]

Or maybe the Spanish government should look into who owns most rentals in Spain. Hint: it's not your local abualo and abuela.

[@mgpriester]

This is not a logical argument. To be honest, this is a prime example for a logical fallacy. Where is the connection between affordable housing and forced labour? This is melting my brain.

[@rosiebenitez-groh7700]

@@paradoxparade1well said!!

[@rosiebenitez-groh7700]

What are you talking about? “Forced labor.” You can’t be talking about Spain. No, the problem with housing in Spain is allowing greedy corporations and business people to buy up affordable homes from Spaniards!

[@gundalfx]

The right for X (not just housing) doesn’t mean forced labor (what a joke to imply that) but fines, audits and other penalties for the community which you in turn pay via your taxes.

[@carmen47freixas96]

Come to Australia , we are the worst. The 10 most expensive cities in the world, list below. 1. Singapore 2. Paris, France 3. Oslo, Norway 4. Zurich, Switzerland 5. Sydney, Australia 6. Melbourne, Australia 7. Geneva, Switzerland 8. Copenhagen, Denmark 9. Hong Kong 10. Seoul, South Korea

[@ddherself]

I can’t believe this is true about Seoul ranking at #10. There is no way. More expensive than San Fransisco or New York. It’s not possible. I say that as someone who previously lived there and who just left visiting there.

[@pennybaxter4]

Or London 🤔