'Housing the Majority. Barcelona, 1860-2010' Exhibition

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17 May 2025 · 10:00

Bon Pastor. Museu d'Història de Barcelona, el Bon Pastor, Sant Andreu

Housing has been a constant challenge in the contemporary city. The lack of housing for working-class communities has been a shared problem in many major cities around the world. The exhibition examines construction policies and patterns of access to housing for Barcelona's urban majority throughout the 20th century: from unaffordable rents at the beginning, through an extremely harsh post-war period, to the almost compulsory purchase of flats under late Francoism and, finally, advances under democracy, although interventions proved more effective in public space than in housing itself.

Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 8 September 2026

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