Decent access to dignified housing is a vital mechanism for social development, combating inequalities and protecting vulnerable groups. It is essential to significantly increase affordable housing stocks. Approved in 2007, the Regional and Sectoral Housing Plan of Catalonia, which expected to create 245,000 new affordable homes over a 15-year period in areas of high demand, has fallen hugely short of its targets. For instance, in 2019 a total of 8,831 homes were completed only 945 of which benefitted from some level of social protection.
Catalunya 2022
RESET: Call to reactivate Catalonia
GOAL 4
To promote decent, affordable and sustainable housing as a mechanism to combat inequalities
Actions
- 4.1To establish an impact plan for affordable housing throughout Catalonia to enable 10% of housing to be publicly owned within ten years
- 4.2To prioritise refurbishment instead of demolition and construction of new housing
- 4.3To monitor supply and demand for public housing to better match them by coordinating local and regional policies and overseeing the achievement of annual targets
- 4.4To coordinate housing policy with social services to promptly cover emergency situations and benefit from a system of special assistance grants while the pool of public housing is expanded over the next 10 years
- 4.5To foster specific actions for high density urban areas guaranteeing affordable housing within a city model of integrated mixed uses
- 4.6To foster specific actions for the countryside as part of the overall strategy to repopulate empty areas