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Mortgage growth masks housing crisis for working families

Mortgage growth masks housing crisis for working families

While mortgages reach 2011 highs, millions of workers remain excluded from housing access.

Although the mortgage market shows rising figures, the reality for millions of working citizens continues to be exclusion from accessing dignified housing. While some sectors celebrate growing numbers, families with middle and lower incomes face persistent barriers to accessing the fundamental right of housing. Real economic recovery must serve all citizens, not select elites. 🔹 What happened: Mortgages established in February reached 45,563, a record for that month since 2011, with 16.3% annual increase and twenty consecutive months of growth. However, these numbers obscure reality: most mortgages benefit sectors with greater borrowing capacity, while millions of workers remain excluded from the mortgage market entirely. 🔹 Key players: Private financial institutions concentrate the mortgage market, prioritizing clients with higher economic solvency. Middle-income workers, young professionals, and single-parent families remain outside these opportunities. Social rights organizations denounce that mortgage growth fails to translate into democratic housing access for all citizens. 🔹 Why it matters: For working citizens, housing access is fundamental to dignity and family stability. Concentrated mortgage growth perpetuates inequality: primarily benefits affluent sectors while deepening housing crisis for workers. This exclusion generates social stress, prevents young family formation, and reproduces intergenerational inequality patterns affecting vulnerable populations. 🔹 What to expect: If mortgage growth continues without inclusive regulation, the access gap will widen. Policies democratizing housing are essential: public housing, price regulation, affordable mortgages for workers. Without social intervention, economic growth will benefit only minorities while working families remain marginalized. 📌 EPM Take: Celebrated mortgage figures ignore that millions of working citizens remain excluded from the right to dignified, affordable housing.
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