Very good article on how the financialisation of housing is driving the rise of the far right.
"The housing crisis is now as big a threat to the EU as Russia. We’re running the risk of having the working and middle classes conclude that their democracies are incapable of solving their biggest problem.”
Jaume Collboni, Mayor of Barcelona
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It’s a political timebomb | Tim White | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/europe-financial-sector-house-prices-politics?CMP=GTUK_email