Living on the Edge: The Precariat Amid the Rental Crisis in the Metropolitan Area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives
2.1. The Two Faces of Housing: A Social Right or a Speculative Asset
2.2. Rental Market Situation in the European Union, Spain, and the Canary Islands
3. Sources and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Income Distribution and Residential Rental Market
4.2. Rental Market Dynamics and Land Prices
4.3. Housing Affordability and Economic Effort in Access to Rental Housing
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Jiménez Barrado, V.; Hernández Luis, J.Á.; Ramón Ojeda, A.Á.; Moreno Medina, C. Living on the Edge: The Precariat Amid the Rental Crisis in the Metropolitan Area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). Urban Sci. 2025, 9, 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9050156
Jiménez Barrado V, Hernández Luis JÁ, Ramón Ojeda AÁ, Moreno Medina C. Living on the Edge: The Precariat Amid the Rental Crisis in the Metropolitan Area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). Urban Science. 2025; 9(5):156. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9050156
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiménez Barrado, Víctor, José Ángel Hernández Luis, Antonio Ángel Ramón Ojeda, and Claudio Moreno Medina. 2025. "Living on the Edge: The Precariat Amid the Rental Crisis in the Metropolitan Area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)" Urban Science 9, no. 5: 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9050156
APA StyleJiménez Barrado, V., Hernández Luis, J. Á., Ramón Ojeda, A. Á., & Moreno Medina, C. (2025). Living on the Edge: The Precariat Amid the Rental Crisis in the Metropolitan Area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). Urban Science, 9(5), 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9050156