This diploma thesis deals with the housing crisis in Spain. The aim of this thesis with the title "Between resistance and vacancy. Social and property-economic consequences of the economic crisis in Spain." is to focus on the development of the country, which was heavily affected by the crisis in the year 2008 as hardly any other. Which consequences had the burst of the housing bubble in Spain and how did the people deal with it? The country slid into a severe economic crisis, which led to

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... derable social rejections within the population. Various protest movements were the result and the people tried to fight for their rights in order to cope with the situation. One reason for the resistance of the population was the high number of evictions of real estates. Thousands of people had to leave their flats due to the fact that they could not pay back their credits. The foundation of protest movements relieved the resistance and the solidarity of the population in order to demonstrate against the current situation. Despite the existance of such social protest movements the willingness to resistance and solidarity is different in the various regions. In addition to the evictions, also the high rate of vacantness is a consequence of the housing crises, which is a result of the rapid increase of the real estate prices as well as the building boom. The question of solidarity and the degree of evictions will be the focus of the empirical part of this thesis. This empirical part includes interviews with experts and fieldwork in order to get an impression of the situation in Spain.