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

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.