Listed by province, Andalucía now has enough plots of land on its books to build over 40,000 subsidised housing units

Public and private developers looking to build public housing in Andalucía now have land available for 40,937 units across the region’s eight provinces. The regional ministry of housing published its land pool details on Tuesday that, according to the regional minister in charge of housing, Rocío Díaz, is “a fundamental tool to address the housing shortage and to promote public-private collaboration”.

Land included in the pool is both privately and publicly owned. It consists of a total 659 plots, spread across 13 municipalities. These landowners are making it available for construction of affordable housing. “We knew the land existed and all that was needed was to make it visible, organise it and make it available with clear criteria and transparency”, said Díaz in her speech on Tuesday. The day was filled with presentations on this housing opportunity. There were developers, professional organizations, social and financial stakeholders in attendance.

The land pool is a measure that was launched last February with the approval of the decree law on urgent housing. It was created by 13 Andalusian towns with over 100,000 residents (Algeciras Almeria Cadiz Cordoba Granada Huelva Jaen Jerez de la Frontera Malaga Marbella Roquetas de Mar Seville). Starting this Tuesday, the inventory will be accessible on the regional housing minister’s website. land for affordable housing

The 659 plots have a total surface area of approximately 1.5 million square meters and can accommodate 40,937 subventioned housing units.

Residential Use

These plots can be identified on the website designed by technicians from the regional ministry in question and IECA (Andalucía’s institute of statistics and cartography) by means of a map with legends for each plot. It is possible to distinguish plots with a residential capacity exceeding 32,800 houses, as well as plots with a projected increase in homes of 15,07%.

There are also plots of land for 6,796 houses on public land, and 1,319 homes on tertiary lands. With the urgency measures decree-law currently in effect, these plots of land can be used to subsidise housing.

According to regional housing minister Díaz, who stressed the need to promote collaboration with the private sector to address the housing need, the essence of the land pool is that “behind each plot of land, there is a real possibility of a home”. She also insisted that “it is not only the result of months of technical work, but the starting point for truly changing access to housing in Andalucía.”

Plots are allocated by municipality for 1,558 homes in Almeria, 1,065 in Roquetas de Mar and 1,065 in Algeciras.

Private Sector

The regional minister expressed her gratitude to all housing stakeholders and groups for their cooperation and dialogue, and for “working together” on the challenge. “Your participation, your contributions and your involvement are key to providing a serious and effective response in Andalucía to one of the primary and most serious social concerns”, she stated.

The land pool for subsidised (social) housing was presented at Tuesday’s conference led by Díaz, alongside Fadeco (trade association for real estate agents in Andalucía) president Ignacio Peinado, dean of Seville’s college of architects Nuria Canivell, director of Malaga’s municipal housing institute José María Cerezo, director of Emvisesa (Seville’s municipal housing company) Manuel Morillo, and president of Seville’s college of technical architects Helena Ruiz, among other representatives from the regional government.