Housing
Basauri will promote 362 homes until 2029, after the government declared it a tense area
The Basque Government and the City Council have presented an action plan to limit rental prices and remove empty houses.
Bilbao will charge €10 per square metre per year Uninhabited dwellings for more than two years
The City Council will implement the measure from 2027 and process an ordinance to allocate 1,565 unused homes to the rental market.
The City of Vitoria-Gasteiz is nearing the end of the housing ordinance on the slabs, with limited prices and measures to avoid speculation
Mayor Maider Etxebarria has taken advantage of the first day of the plenary of general policy to take stock, among other things, of the three years of municipal government in areas such as housing. The plenary will continue on Friday with replicas of opposition, although the three parties, EH Bildu, PP and Podemos, have already expressed their dissatisfaction and "disappointment".
The Spanish Government will promote a package of housing measures, raising VAT on tourist flats to 21%
Among other things, it will encourage the regulation of seasonal rentals and room rentals, as well as the extraordinary extension of rentals.
Monographic debate in Parliament on policies to ensure a decent life
Pello Otxandiano of EH Bildu has proposed a tax and housing reform, Hernández (Sumar) has demanded that those who have more pay more and Martínez (Vox) prioritizes resources for "home".
Pradales: The main measure is the housing social fund and we will introduce new measures for the 2027 budget
President Imanol Pradales has stressed that the housing problem cannot be solved "overnight" and believes that the second half of the legislature will reap the first fruits of what has been sown.
The housing problem continues to grow, and already concerns 60% of Basques
Compared to data from the Sociological Research Centre (CIS), the concern for housing is 11 points higher in the Basque Country than in Spain.
Errenteria takes advantage of the new Urgent Housing Measures Act to promote 755 homes in Gamongo
The Housing Advisor of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, welcomed the decision of the City of Gipuzkoa and stressed that EH Bildu has moved from designating the law as a "counter-reform" to using it to develop one of the main projects of the municipality.
Pradales warns the Spanish Government: "Governing is not just staying"
The lehendakari has advocated political stability and cooperation to move the Basque Country forward: it has called for the closure of outstanding transfers before July and has warned that alleged cases of corruption cannot be an excuse to stop governing.
40% of San Sebastian's rental homes were rented in less than 24 hours
According to a study published this Tuesday, the Basque capitals are among those that suffer most from "express rent": the rate in Vitoria-Gasteiz is 24% and in Bilbao 23%.
The price of housing in the Basque Country rose 10.3%, the lowest increase in the state
According to data published this Monday, in the first quarter of the year, the price of new housing in the ACV increased by 4.9%, while that of second-hand housing rose by 11.4%.
The Basque Government has declared Basauri a "tense zone"
Basauri City Council filed a petition in 2025 alleging that the cost of rentals exceeds 30% of the monthly income of families.
The old industrial estate in Rekalde will be demolished and 400 new homes built
According to the Bilbao City Council, the construction of these houses "will begin next year, if all goes well".
Vitero warns that a large public housing stock is needed to secure access to housing
EH Bildu has expressed his commitment to continue working to respond to the housing crisis and the great needs of the time. Today they celebrated "Bat Egin Eguna" in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Machete Square and surrounding areas.
Itxaso dice que la "música nueva" de Bildu en vivienda es "compatible" con la Gobierno
Denis Itxaso receives representatives of EH Bildu to discuss the housing crisis
The Housing and Urban Agenda Adviser of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, and the spokesperson for EH Bildu in the Basque Parliament, Pello Otxandiano, met this Friday in the Basque Parliament to discuss the housing crisis and housing policies, while EH Bildu presented the Posible 30K initiative to Counsellor Itxaso, which includes his proposals on housing.
The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Housing Minister, Miguel de los Toyos, and the Programme Secretary of EH Bildu, Nerea Kortajarena.
The public is satisfied with the quality of life, but there is concern about housing, the health system and safety
In the latest EITB Focus survey, citizens rate the quality of life in the ACV at 7.6 and in Navarre at 7.5. Housing is the main concern in most municipalities.
Itxaso asks EH Bildu for "rigour, humility and memory" in relation to housing proposals
The Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor has urged the abertzale coalition to work "with real data" because "over the past decade the Basque Country has promoted more than 15,000 protected housing units, not 3,000, as some EH Bildu leaders said earlier this week."
Berriozabal says the Basque Government will not wait for Bildu's housing strategies
ABB's PNV president, Jone Berriozabal, has responded to EH Bildu's housing proposal this Saturday, which states that it is late and that the housing alliance has long been in operation in the government. She adds that this is the example of the decree on urgent housing measures that came into force this week.
EH Bildu has proposed mobilizing and building 60,000 homes in ten years, 30,000 of them new
Suggests a large public-community housing alliance to ensure reasonable prices, consisting of basque entities, banking foundations and voluntary social security entities (EPSVs) to promote public housing in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa.