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The inequality In Spain Is one of the most elevated of Europe and has grown even more In the years of the crisis. Housing costs play a determining role of the Inequality. The article exposes how housing is the more expensive item than the Spanish households support in his structure of cost and so it takes to extremely elevated overburden rates. Also It analyzes the differences with other countries in the scope of the public house and in the public expenditure in favor of the households with more difficulties. It describes our deficits of public housing policies. And propose greater provision of public and social housing to cover gap respect to other European countries; increase of the transferences to the families for the payment of the house and facilities; and controls of prices through demanding city-planning policies and market social pacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A broad discussion and a large number of documents and reports on inequality and poverty have been published in Spain during the last years, mainly as a consequence of the intense worsening of poverty and inequality levels during the economic crisis. After some explanations on the main concepts related to these concepts, the paper offers some data of inequality and poverty ratios and tries to yield some light on the main causes that can help to understand such results. In this respect, market income distribution and the redistributive capacity of the public policies are given special emphasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]