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Bilbao will be declared a high-voltage zone this Thursday

Last April the Bilbao City Council sent the Basque Government its request to declare the entire city a tense area due to the difficulties of citizens in paying for housing. 

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Bilbo, in a stock image. Photo: EITB Media

The Housing Department of the Basque Government will today declare Bilbao an area of great tension at an official event to be held at the City Hall, which will be attended by, among others, theMayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, and the Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor, Denis Itxaso

In statements made yesterday, the mayor stressed that the declaration of a tense area will be "one more step" in addressing the housing problem. He acknowledged that "it is not the solution", but said that with this step he wants citizens in general and young people in particular to have more affordable housing , whether on rent or property.

Along with that, he added, it will pave the way for curbing the rise in rental prices in recent years. 

Last April the Bilbao City Council sent the Basque Government its request to declare the entire city a tense areadue to the difficulties of citizens in paying for housing. 

 

 

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Interviewed on Radio Euskadi, the Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, has confirmed that Bilbao has been recognized as a high-voltage housing area and that Vitoria-Gasteiz could also be included on the list. With the addition of other municipalities, according to the counsellor, the objective of the Basque Government would be exceeded, that is, to protect 50% of the Basque population.

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