BARCELONA - Barcelona's city hall said on Friday it would buy an apartment block known as 'Casa Orsola' to prevent the ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination.

Barcelona's city hall purchases the Casa Orsola apartment block to prevent tenant evictions amid Spain's housing crisis. Acquired for about 9 million euros, the building will be turned into social ...

City hall, along with a social housing association Habitat 3 Foundation, was stepping in to buy the Art Nouveau building in downtown Barcelona ... large cities in Spain, where rental prices ...