From: People & Power
Taking Back Our Homes
Hotels or homes? Facing a housing crisis, residents of Spain’s tourism hotspots fight to keep their communities alive.

Hotels or homes? Facing a housing crisis, residents of Spain’s tourism hotspots fight to keep their communities alive.

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UK hospitality group launches legal action against government’s plans to shut pubs, restaurants to curb spread of virus.