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BCN New Public Rental Homes

Barcelona City’s New Public Housing Plan

Barcelona’s housing-conscious mayor Ada Colau together with her city council are aiming to increase the number of homes available for public housing on a rental basis. The aim is to make more accommodation available in Barcelona for those who can’t afford to buy but still need a place to live. The municipality’s aim is to provide approximately a thousand apartments for public rental housing. Simultaneously the city council want to promote the economic activity of this social sector to provide employment in the construction industry and other sectors. The new program which spans 2014-2016 has a very clear strategy plan. The strategy should provide 10% more public rental housing by the end of 2016.

The Public Rental Housing Strategy

Construction of 500 social rental homes by Patronat Municipal de l’Habitatge de Barcelona.

The municipality will buy and renovate 300 existing homes in Ciutat Vella, Sants and Nou Barris. These dwellings will be made available for public housing rental.

A program to make 200 privately owned homes available for public housing rentals.

Encouragement of grants to social rental promoters and to encourage the completion of half-built properties.

Promote rehabilitation grants in the Canyelles District.

Who Will Get the Public Housing?

The rental homes will be made available to select groups. 50% of the 1,000 homes will be earmarked for young people, families and couples who will pay approximately 200€-400€ rent each month. The rent is determined by the income level so that your rent is never more than 30% of your salary. The rest of the homes will be reserved for social emergencies to provide accommodation to people who have been evicted from their homes for failing to keep up their mortgage payments and for the elderly, disabled and victims of domestic violence. It is clear that there will be more applicants than available homes and so the properties will be allocated by drawing lots. More public housing is continuously being added to the properties available; to date there are approximately 10,423 apartments used for social rental programs in Barcelona.