Housing activists, environmental groups and unions mobilised in the wake of souring housing costs.
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00:00Police clashed with around 100 protesters in Barcelona who gathered in the city to protest
00:07against a real estate fair, the district.
00:11Officers charged at the group when they tried to approach the fairgrounds.
00:14Eventually, they managed to enter the complex.
00:19At the heart of their concerns are soaring housing costs.
00:22Over the past 10 years, rents have risen by 68 percent and the cost of buying a house
00:27increased by 38 percent.
00:31More than 100 unions and organizations from the housing movement and the environmental
00:35movement had called on people to take action.
00:39Apartments for tourists have played a part in straining the local housing market.
00:43Over the summer, protesters in Barcelona have also targeted tourists in the city, spraying
00:48them with water pistols, saying tourists go home.
00:52In June, Barcelona's mayor announced that more than 10,000 tourist apartment rentals
00:56will be banned by 2028.