Affordable homes: Spain puts €40.41m into rents and moves
Spain is committing up to €40.41 million to affordable homes, social rents and the relocation of families under a housing decree published on Thursday. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda is awarding the money directly, with Barcelona in line for the biggest share: up to €15,777,360. The decree takes effect on Friday.
The government says the direct grants are warranted by public, social and economic interest, so there will be no open call for applications.
Barcelona takes the biggest share
Barcelona will use its main grant to build homes or accommodation for affordable or social rent. The city can also receive up to €250,000 to organise the Housing Summit 2026.
Barcelona Metropolitan Area is allocated up to €5,399,120 to expand its public stock of affordable or social rental homes. Seville Provincial Council can receive up to €4 million for the same purpose.
The Community of Madrid is set to receive up to €8,375,000 to relocate families living in Cañada Real and to fund work making their new homes habitable, accessible or suitable for their needs.
Homes, renewal and deadlines
Casa 47, a public company, can receive up to €3,560,630 to build nearly 90 protected rental homes in Loma Colmenar, Ceuta. Éibar in Guipúzcoa is allocated up to €3 million for building refurbishment and urban renewal in the Murrategi neighbourhood.
The Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona will share €50,000, or €12,500 each, for training and research through the Barcelona Chair of Housing Studies.
The grants will be paid upfront in a single instalment. Relocation, affordable-rent and urban-renewal projects can run for up to six years, with a possible extension of up to three more. The Barcelona Chair has three years, while the Housing Summit 2026 has one year.
Rental homes built with the funding must be allocated through housing-applicant registers or other objective, transparent and public systems.
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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com