Learning from Barcelona’s grassroots housing struggles: Towards a transformational Degrowth agenda

This article contributes to the nascent literature on housing for Degrowth. It recognises that plays a pivotal role in creation and perpetuation of socio-ecological injustices, therefore must be core strategic element transition towards Degrowth society. I argue deeper integration bottom-up, scalable strategies class politics proposals order create widespread emancipatory social transformation called by agenda. The militant research this paper was rooted case study Sindicat d’Habitatge de Vallcarca (Vallcarca Housing Union; SHV), which is part Barcelona’s multifaceted grassroots movement justice. analysis first explores synergies between SHV using framework, then looks beyond asking what both movements can learn from each other’s theoretical approaches. highlights SHV’s grassroots, class-based solidarity inclusivity, how could benefit engaging with ecological intersectional raises importance building connections post-growth theories radical struggles broader scale, tackle top-down growth-based ‘sustainable housing’ initiatives genuinely transformational alternatives.