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Barcelona Rushes to Finalize 30% Affordable Housing Reform Before Summer

Negotiations hinge on Junts’s demands for lower property taxes, coupled with its call for 823 Sareb assets to boost public housing.

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El teniente de Vivienda de Barcelona, Jordi Valls y el alcalde, Jaume Collboni (PSC)
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Overview

  • The council must strike a pact with Junts by August 1 or postpone the 30% protected housing reform until after the next municipal term.
  • Only 26 subsidized homes have been completed under the 2018 quota rule, with permits granted for 80 more and 50 units still in the pipeline.
  • Junts proposals include a reduction of the property tax (IBI), combined with the transfer of 823 Sareb assets to the city’s public housing stock.
  • Political fragmentation in the council, where Junts controls 11 seats versus PSC’s nine, is delaying final agreement on the urban planning ordinance.
  • Officials aim to extinguish nearly 10,000 tourist apartment licenses by 2028 after flagging Airbnb’s slow process for removing illegal listings.