The Generalitat approves the agreement with the Ministry of Housing to implement the €1.015 billion allocated for Catalonia. The State contributes €609 million and the Generalitat covers the rest.
The Generalitat has approved the signing of the agreement with the Ministry of Housing, a step that shapes the €1.015 billion that the State Housing Plan reserves for Catalonia. According to the newspaper Ara, the announcement comes less than 24 hours before a general strike focused on the housing access crisis.
The central government, which approved the plan in mid-April with an investment of €7 billion until 2030, contributes 60% of the amount allocated to Catalonia, which is €609 million. The rest is covered by the Catalan administration itself, which speaks of "a new activation of economic resources."
A new activation of economic resources
The spokesperson for the government and minister of the department, Sílvia Paneque, explains that the plan is deployed in three lines: increasing supply, rehabilitating the existing stock, and facilitating access, especially for young people. With these funds, the Generalitat estimates that it will rehabilitate 20,300 homes, promote or purchase more than 9,000, and provide rental assistance to 121,800 young people.
In the rental promotion, the government of Salvador Illa allocates €77.7 million for 3,825 properties, including subsidies for public promoters and initiatives adhering to the 50,000 Plan. Another €37.6 million will be allocated to promotions driven by cooperatives and social inclusion entities.
The rehabilitation has a budget of over €304 million. To expand the public stock, the Generalitat will allocate €260.7 million to purchase properties through pre-emption and retraction: the Housing Agency of Catalonia will be able to acquire 3,070 homes, and a new line will be opened for municipalities and social entities to do the same. Additionally, nearly €30 million will be used to acquire 100 homes donated by their owners to mediation pools.
The Catalan government has also agreed that the Housing Agency will incorporate 67 professionals, who will mainly be responsible for rehabilitating, maintaining, and diagnosing the public stock, incorporating new properties, and qualifying protected housing. The Agency already manages over 25,000 homes, which is a 21% increase from six years ago.
Each new home entails ongoing obligations for allocation, management, maintenance, and tenant support
The government reminds in a statement of this ongoing workload. The new funds will begin to be implemented once the agreement with the Ministry of Housing is signed, and it will be then that the specific timelines for each line will be known.
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