# Young Spaniards can no longer buy or rent housing (El País, 24 Nov 2018) * **Young Spaniards can no longer buy or rent housing** * Original headline in Spanish: *Los jóvenes españoles ya no pueden ni comprar ni alquilar vivienda* * By Sandra López. Published in El País on 24 November 2018 * * **Summary from Google Translate**: * Young Spaniards are losing the battle for housing. [Leaving the parental home](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1\&pto=aue\&rurl=translate.google.com\&sl=auto\&sp=nmt4\&tl=en\&u=https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2017/04/21/midinero/1492792881_724877.html\&usg=ALkJrhjY3CKx0G5lH0fCYxN3Rr5JS5OTqg) with a single source of income is unlikely below 30 years. **Only 19.3% had achieved it at the end of 2017 (in 2008 they were 26%)**, according to the latest data from the Emancipation Observatory [of the Youth Council of Spain (CJE)](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1\&pto=aue\&rurl=translate.google.com\&sl=auto\&sp=nmt4\&tl=en\&u=http://www.cje.org/en/our-work/empleo/actividades-y-campanas-del-cje/observatorio-joven-de-emancipacion/\&usg=ALkJrhhLogVd-7Vf94o87WqxID8p9j31Uw). Eurostat confirms this: the average age at which the family home is abandoned (29.3 years) is the sixth highest in Europe. * This is so because the [percentage of income](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1\&pto=aue\&rurl=translate.google.com\&sl=auto\&sp=nmt4\&tl=en\&u=http://www.cje.org/gl/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/menos-de-2-de-cada-10-jovenes-pueden-emanciparse-y-casi-4-de-cada-10-estan-en-riesgo-de-pobreza/\&usg=ALkJrhhlgcio7-vjYbRvPMz3ssIMVKcKfQ) that those under 30 years must allocate to access a home exceeds the recommended 30%. **In the case of solo employees it is bleeding: the rent eats 88.8% of their income and the purchase 61%**. * **Keywords**: emancipation, leaving the parental home, rental markets, property markets, overburden, young people, Spain --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/media-stories/2018/young-spaniards-can-no-longer-buy-or-rent-housing-el-pais-24-nov-2018.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.