Project

Residential rent relations through the lens of tenant-landlord conflict in Barcelona: an analysis of the transformation of Spain’s landed property regime

Code

01CD9522

Duration

01 March 2023 → 31 August 2023

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Marianne Maeckelbergh

Fellow

Marta Ill Raga

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Political and legal anthropology
- Urban anthropology

Keywords

Residential rent relations urban land rent theory moral economy disputed property claims private rental sector social reproduction theory

Project description

After 2008, Spain's homeowners' democracy went through a serious crisis due to massive mortgage defaults. The private rental sector emerged as the "solution" to the decline in patrimonial values and was promoted as a new terrain of financial speculation. This thesis examines the growing social antagonism between tenants and landlords and explores rent as a factor of household exploitation.