Overview
- Barcelona City Hall handed over keys to 13 refurbished flats on Saturday in a heritage building in Barceloneta.
- Twelve of the 18 units are for affordable rent, one is for a resident with a right to return, and five are set aside for social organizations.
- New tenants were chosen from the city’s official registry for subsidized housing applicants, known locally as the HPO list.
- Monthly rents range from €351 to €658 for homes between 46 and 87 square meters, with about €60 in building fees.
- The city says EU Next Generation funds financed the rehab under a 2020 pact with nonprofit housing groups known as the ESAL agreement.
- Officials count 1,782 homes handed over this term, a buildout they link to a pledged 2028 ban on tourist flats to keep neighbors in their areas.