Una Mirada demogràfica als canvis recents en l'accés a l'habitatge a Catalunya

Abstract

We study the recent dynamics of the Catalan residential system from a demographic approach. All housing systems express their internal dynamics through the biography of the household and its accumulated experience of residential moves. Moreover, the housing system responds and evolves thanks to external cyclical and structural influences. This external dynamics induce change and heterogeneity in residential biographies. We have followed three ways (change in time, space differences and social diversity) to assess the external dynamics of Catalan housing tenure system, using methodology based on dissimilarity indexes. At present the social dimension is becoming heterogeneous faster because of immigration. Spatial heterogeneity is important in international terms but not in relation to the whole of Spain. Temporal variation of the system seems slow at first sight, but has a high potential for longterm change. However, the rate of change of the tenure model is quite fast compared with the United States.