Overview
- Regional and city officials renewed a four‑year, €7.1 million funding agreement to extend the Casco Vello rehabilitation program, with a goal of enabling roughly 25 additional homes.
- Over two decades the consortium has invested about €30.5 million, acquiring 93 buildings and rehabilitating 79, which has produced more than 140 homes and dozens of commercial premises.
- The body is owned 90% by the Xunta de Galicia and 10% by the Concello de Vigo, and leaders highlighted its continuity across political administrations as a collaboration model.
- Xunta president Alfonso Rueda said Vigo has 900 public‑housing units already underway and reiterated the legislature’s goal to expand Galicia’s public stock from 4,000 to 8,000.
- Complementary efforts through the Casco Vello ARI and the municipal Rehabilitation Office have supported over 1,000 additional rehabilitations and public‑space upgrades such as the Porta do Sol pedestrianization and new mobility aids.