Immigration, reception and integration

This episode of the podcast Tocar sostre addresses the challenges of immigration, reception, and integration, and how these processes influence access to housing, coexistence, and the construction of more inclusive cities. Participating are Carolina Pallàs, general director of Som Llar; Àlex Mendoza, Colombian journalist and director of El Mercurio, and Montserrat Pareja, professor, co-director of the Barcelona Chair of Housing Studies at the UB, and vice president of the European Network for Housing Research. It is moderated by the journalist Natàlia Vila, who specializes in infrastructure at the newspaper ARA.

Tocar Sostre is a podcast by the newspaper ARA with the Col·legi de l'Arquitectura Tècnica de Barcelona and the Texas Cinemas to address, from all angles, the issue of housing in Catalonia, within the framework of the ARTEC Cycle: Film Forum on Housing.

Is housing a basic necessity or an investment asset? Why has rent gone up so much? What responsibility does the State have in offering affordable housing? These are questions we address over the course of 8 episodes with guests such as the economist Carme Trilla, the anthropologist Manuel Delgado, the writer Llucia Ramis, and the businesswoman Joana Amat.