Although access to housing is a fundamental right, it is not always guaranteed. The real estate crisis and homelessness are problems that already affect almost a million people throughout Europe. In 2021, EU governments signed a declaration committing to work so that not a single person is still living on the streets in 2030. In France and Germany alone there are more than 200,000 homeless people. In Spain, 16,000, although this figure has increased by 24% in 10 years. The average profile of a homeless person in Spain is a 43-year-old man staying in a shelter and who has been without his own home for more than three years. Only three EU states have been able to reverse the trend: Denmark, Austria and Finland, countries in which large amounts of money are invested in reintegration and social housing policies.
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