Consell Econòmic i Social de Barcelona

Housing. The Barcelona Municipal Housing and Rehabilitation Institute has delivered flats from the Social Rental Fund to families in vulnerable situations.

Five families have received on Tuesday, April 29, the keys to housing from the Emergency Board by the Barcelona City Council, through the Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation of Barcelona (IMHAB).

During the event, which was held at the IMHAB headquarters, the beneficiary families were able to comply with all the necessary procedures and receive the keys of the homes. In addition, they have participated in an orientation session on coexistence and mediation measures by the City Council’s Public Housing Prevention, Intervention and Mediation Service (SPIMH).

Four of the homes delivered are located in the district of Sants-Montjuïc and one in Ciutat Vella, and all of them are part of the Social Rental Fund for people in vulnerable situations. 

Flats to face situations of social and economic vulnerability

The Barcelona Housing Consortium is responsible for awarding the flats of the Social Rental Fund through the Emergency Board to people suffering situations of vulnerability of a social or economic nature: 

• Coexistence units at risk of residential exclusion (e.g., in the process of neglect due to rent, mortgage execution and payment due to mortgage fees). 

• Coexistence units with minors, elderly people or people in early childhood circumstances in hygienic and health conditions or precarious safety.

To choose to receive one, interested persons must request an appointment in the Network of Housing Offices of Barcelona and request a report that assesses their case. With this information, an evaluation of all the files received and the available homes are assigned.

If there are more petitions than flats available, the Bureau will award them as they are incorporated into the Social Rental Fund, until the Emergency Board meeting of the following month.