Housing
Housing Counselor says more needs to be built
We have analysed the data released by EITB DATA with the Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor, Denis Itxaso, who says that more housing needs to be built, but that this requires land. He has also set himself the goal of reducing deadlines and has ensured that the results will be seen in three or four years.
The Basque Government will hire 8 more inspectors to increase control over tourist flats
The Minister for Tourism, Trade and Consumer Affairs, Javier Hurtado, has presented to the Basque Parliament next year's draft budget for his department, which amounts to EUR 56.5 million, 2% less than this year.
The Basque Government will have a budget of 596 million by 2026, the highest in its history, to promote 3,669 housing units
The Department of Housing and Urban Agenda has presented its 2026 accounts, 14% higher than the previous year. Councilor Denis Itxaso has announced that more than 1,700 sheltered housing units will be launched and that Visesa will be recognized as its own resource.
Zohran Mamdani, a man willing to embody the progressive reform of New York
At 34 years old, Mamdani represents the Democratic Party's new wave of progress, multiculturalism, and left, and is a clear favorite to win this Tuesday's New York Mayor's election. Although he has no clear support from party leaders, he has the support of young people who turn left and thirst for social public policies.
Housing, one of the priorities of the Mayor of San Sebastian, so that young people don't have to leave the city
EITB has interviewed Jon Insausti, who has taken over the baton of command in Donostia-San Sebastián, who has addressed the main challenges of this legislature, such as housing, security and sustainable tourism, and has recalled the moment when he became aware of his appointment.
With the inclusion of Bilbao and Vitoria, the three Basque capitals have already strained their rental areas
The resolution of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda also includes Astigarraga and Usurbil. Once published in the BOE, from this Friday A, all new housing rental contracts in these four municipalities must be subject to the price of the previous contract, which will avoid disproportionate increases and may even lead to less rotation.
EH Bildu proposes to increase the percentages of protected housing for rent
The housing department will build two more floors in 65 public blocks to get two thousand more homes
The Department of Housing and Urban Agenda is working on six pilot projects, representing 10 per cent of the total planned plan.
Bilbao, Pamplona and San Sebastian, among the cities with the least occupied housing for sale in the state
According to an idealistic study, only 1% of the homes for sale in Bilbao and 1.7% of those in San Sebastian are "occupied", well below the state average (3%), with more than 23,000 real estate units in Spain as a whole.
Denis Itxaso announces a new program to protect rental owners in high-voltage areas instead of a moderate price
The Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor of the Basque Government has explained that the aim is to increase the supply of housing in the free market and lower prices in areas of high tension.
Basque youth emancipate themselves almost 30 years after the European average
According to the latest study by the Basque Youth Observatory, women are emancipated almost a year earlier than men.
Congress approves EH Bildu's bill to ban advertising of illegal tourist flats
It has succeeded with the support of the PSOE, Sumar, Junts, ERC, Podemos, PNV, BNG, Coalición Canaria, the former socialist minister of the Joint Group, José Luis Ábalos, and the Member of Parliament of the Mixed Group, Agueda Mico.
Etxebizitza, Osasuna eta Herritarren Segurtasuna; gai horiek lehentasunezkoak izan behar dute kudeaketan, herritarren arabera
The rental index lowers the prices offered in San Sebastian by more than 500 euros
In the tense villages of Gipuzkoa, the new price range shall apply only to new contracts for large holders and flats which have not been rented or first marketed in the last five years.
The rent of a 60-square-foot apartment in San Sebastian will be at most 800 euros
Once the reference price index for Gipuzkoa has been published in the Official Gazette of the State, this Wednesday the rule that allows to limit the price of rent in the tense municipalities of Gipuzkoa enters into force. Irun, for a dwelling of 60 square metres, no more than 624 euros may be requested.
Gipuzkoa Reference Price Index published to limit rent from Wednesday
It will affect Donostia-San Sebastián, Irun, Errenteria, Lasarte-Oria and Zumaia. To determine the monthly income it will be necessary to include data such as cadastral reference or address of the property, energy certificate, plant and state of conservation, thus obtaining an objective margin of rental prices applicable to this property.
More than half the population of Hego Euskal Herria lives in a tense housing area
Vitoria has been declared a tense residential area
The qualification of the Alavesa capital will have an initial duration of three years and will make it possible to implement various housing decisions, including the construction of protected housing: 3,012 new housing units will be promoted, 53% of which will be for protected rent.
The Basque Government and banking institutions launch a programme of guarantees for access to first housing for young people
The programme has been launched with Kutxabank, Laboral Kutxa and Abanca, which have signed a partnership agreement for the time being, but it is open to the possibility of joining more entities. The purchase price of the homes to be purchased cannot exceed 340,000 euros.
PNV and PSE have defended a "policy linked to real problems," while EH Bildu has cited five areas of agreement
This Saturday in the Parliament ofRadio Euskadi in the Waves , parliamentarians have shared views on the main challenges facing them in this political year.