Abstract

OROZCO-MARTINEZ, Carolina; BAYONA-I-CARRASCO, Jordi  and  GIL-ALONSO, Fernando. Housing vulnerability and sublease during lockdown. Experiences of the Latin Americans in Barcelona. Bitácora Urbano Territorial [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.3, pp.239-252.  Epub Dec 02, 2022. ISSN 0124-7913.  https://doi.org/10.15446/bitacora.v32n3.99345.

Subleasing is the housing solution that accommodates the most vulnerable and residentially excluded urban groups, including a large part of the Latin American immigrants residing in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area. By conducting 16 interviews with members of this group living in sublet rooms, this article analyzes the impact on them of the compulsory confinement decreed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicate that subleasing can mask situations of homelessness and substandard housing that does not guarantee security or stability for this group when facing confinement. On the contrary, the residential deficiencies became more tangible during this period, penalizing especially those nuclear families living in a room, women and those in an irregular administrative situation.

Keywords : immigration; housing; housing needs; sublease.

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