10,000 requests for 238 floors: what BCN’s biggest public promotion says about the housing crisis

10,000 candidates for 238 floors. The flood of applications received by the Barcelona City Council to take over one of the homes of Illa Glòries, the city's largest public promotion, illustrates some of the problems facing the capital. The magnitude of the demand reflects the urgency, according to experts, of finding solutions to the housing crisis in a city where the price has risen almost 10% in the last year, according to data from the third …