67% of tenants spend between 30% and 50% of their rental income, and 72% are indebted. This has reduced consumption in essential areas such as food and health.
72% of households are indebted, mainly by credit cards and essential expenses.
A survey carried out at the national level by the organization grouped groups. 67% of tenant households allocate between 30% and 50% of their monthly income to the payment of the rent. The data arises from the national tenant survey corresponding to June, which relieved 909 cases throughout the country, and exposes a growing financial pressure on tenants.
According to the report, 14% of households declare more than 60% of their monthly income to the rent, while among retirees the average amounts to 49%. From the organization they warned about a “situation of extreme social gravity” product of the imbalance between income and housing costs.
In parallel, A worrying structural indebtedness level was detected: 72% of the houses consulted said they were indebted. Of that total, 56% attribute it to the use of credit cards, 44% to the purchase of food, 32% to the payment of the rent and another 32% to expenses linked to health.
Fall of consumption
In this context, consumption restrictions have intensified: 66% of households reduced food spending, 53% cut in health and 94% stopped carrying recreational activities.
The contract update also shows an unfavorable trend for tenants. In 78% of cases, increases apply every six months. 55% of contracts are adjusted according to the inflation index (CPI), while only 16% keep annual updates.
Future expectations reflect a high degree of uncertainty: 89% of the consulted are not being able to face the payment of rent in the coming months.
Source: Ambito
