Pilar Prieto

Pilar Prieto, one of roughly 2,600 residents of Marinaleda in Seville province, Spain, pays less than 20 euros a month in rent and has done so for 33 years. The Andalusian village, long known for its cooperative housing model where residents build their own homes and pay symbolic rents, is being held up as a striking example in debates about affordable housing elsewhere in Spain and Europe.