Overview
- Compromís presented an estimate of 3,427 people based on 2025 special empadronamiento requests, citing 1,142 applicants living on the street and 2,285 without a fixed domicile within a total of 5,826 requests.
- The municipal social services councillor, Marta Torrado, rejected the estimate as a mix of disparate data and noted the national night-count project has been postponed to October 2026.
- Compromís argued the city failed to conduct the 2025 municipal census and accused the current administration of downplaying the scale of homelessness.
- Of the 5,826 special registration requests cited by Compromís, only 125 have reportedly been approved so far, leaving most cases unresolved or in process.
- City officials pointed to expanded emergency social resources, saying the CAES budget rose from €100,000 to €1 million and the network grew from one to three centres, with two operating nightly.