‘National priority’ policies claim to solve Europe’s housing crisis. They may make it worse

Housing shortages and soaring rents are central to Spain’s upcoming general election. As each party presents voters with ways of addressing the crisis, far right party Vox is backing a simple solution: the principle of prioridad nacional, or “national priority”, which would put Spaniards first in line to receive government benefits.

The policy is central to Vox’s programme. It proposes expanding social housing with priority for Spanish nationals, alongside deregulation and tax reductions.

It is presented as a common sense solution, but national priority does not…

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