Are housing movements able to produce significant outcomes? By examining the major organisation (PAH, Platform for People Affected by Mortgages) within the Spanish housing movement from 2009 to 2016 I discuss first how their demands were framed according to specific contexts of legitimation. Second, I distinguish the specific nature and scope of the outcomes effectively produced by the movement -both intended and unintended ones. Instead of explaining these outcomes merely according to the demands and protest actions, my analysis points to the articulation of strategic agency and relevant contexts. In particular, three key dimensions of the political and economic context are identified -debt crisis, elites’ fragmentation and movements’ convergence. I argue that two specific mechanisms –designated as 'counter-hegemonic legitimation' and 'organisational consistency'- shaped that articulation and, subsequently, the movement’s achievements. Furthermore, significant political decisions and regulations, institutional documents and interviews with local activists are examined in order to understand the impact of the PAH in governance at the municipal scale.
