Public housing

13/12/2019 - 17:18h

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 centre.

09/12/2019 - 19:31h

New flats for young people in Can Fabra as the public housing stock grows

Housing. The building has 46 flats, 41 of which are for young people between the ages of 18 and 35, and 5 of which are for artists working at creation factories.

29/11/2019 - 17:48h

Proposals from the full council meeting of 29 November 2019

Full Council. Summary of the agreements made during the municipal government control section of the full council meeting.

29/11/2019 - 12:02h

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 Mediapro) will construct the homes, with the Fundació Habitat3 to manage them.

21/11/2019 - 10:10h

The New York formula: A rent stabilisation system to prevent a housing bubble

Conference. Lucy Joffe of the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development presents the measures taken by this city so far, during the conference on rent regulation organised by the DESC Observatory

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Renting with guarantees

The service offers mediation between owners of empty property and potential tenants. The objective is to guarantee access to housing while offering the owner peace of mind.

Renting with guarantees. Housing

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Energy rights

Are you finding it difficult paying your electricity, water or gas bills? Energy-advice points offer help to prevent supply cuts from unpaid bills as well as advice on how to reduce energy expenses.

Housing

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Tourist Accommodation Plan

Municipal plan to regulate the roll-out of tourist accommodation, making it compatible with a sustainable urban planning model.

Special Urban-Development Tourist Accommodation Plan (PEUAT)

Aid

Find out about the programmes available for helping vulnerable groups and protecting them against losing their homes.

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Officially protected housing (HPO)

Officially protected flats: applicant-registration regulations, types of housing, registration requirements, allocation process, application periods and lots more.

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Cohousing

A housing model which enables a group of people organised into a housing cooperative to build on a site or an existing building which has been given over by City Council or a private owner for use as a home, on a long-term basis and below market cost.

Housing

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Renovation grants

Have a look at the grants for renovating flats and buildings, in order to make them more liveable, accessible and energy-efficient. Renovation is a key factor for tackling social inequalities.

Renovation grants. Housing

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Housing offices

If you have any queries or need to complete any paper work concerning housing, go to your local housing office. There is one in every district.

Housing Offices network. Housing

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Emergency Committee

This is a mechanism which City Council and the Government offer citizens at risk of losing their usual home due to a social emergency brought about by the crisis.

Loss of housing. Housing

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Rented flats

Find out about public plans and services for increasing the number of affordable-rent flats in Barcelona.

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Advice on renting a flat

Find out all you need to know about renting a flat: contracts, basic services, rights and obligations, insurance, expenses, deposits and lots more.

Rental advice. Housing

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Advice on buying and selling a property

Do you want to buy or sell a home? Find out all the information you need to do so. 

Advice for buying and selling. Housing

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