
Ada Colau meets with Minister Ábalos and demands an “urgent regulation” of rents
Habitatge. Barcelona City Council has created a Study Commission on the regulation of rent, which will begin meeting in March

The Neighbourhood Plan allocates over 21 million euros to decent-housing initiatives
Neighbourhood Plan. The high-complexity properties programme is working with 116 local resident communities.

Cohousing reaches La Marina
Housing. The first stone is laid for a building for 32 families through a leasehold agreement for a municipally owned plot of land.

Cohousing to combat speculation in Barceloneta
Housing. The first stone of a building providing homes for eight families is laid on a municipal plot of land under a leasehold...

Property-tax exemption for public-housing tenants
Housing. The 95% tax allowance will come into force on 1 January 2020. The remaining 5% will be borne by IMHAB for the dwellings it...

First fine for discrimination on the basis of origin in housing access
Housing. The fined advertisement, from the Idealista portal and The New House Barcelona estate agents, included the requirement for...
First APROP temporary homes in Ciutat Vella ready to tackle the housing emergency
Housing. Twelve flats in the Gòtic neighbourhood, in Ciutat Vella.

First invitation to tender for a housing block on the Casernes de Sant Andreu site
Housing. The development offers 152 flats with services for the elderly, along with ground floor premises for the Jaume Olle youth...

New model to create more affordable housing with the private sector
Housing. The block of 47 flats will be built on a municipally owned plot of land in the Poblenou neighbourhood. Mediaurban (Grup...

"Barcelona has put housing policies at the centre and this has had a contagious effect on other administrations"
Conference. The UNESCO Housing Chair of Rovira i Virgili University presents a transversal look at the current challenges for housing...