Housing and clean energy - government priorities for the tourist tax
Decisions on spending this year's tourist tax revenue will be made in around three weeks' time.
45 percent fall in bed-sits in the Balearics
They live in the centre of large cities, do not smoke or allow smoking in the home and do not have or allow pets.
Real estate sector to defend the rights of foreign investors
More than half of properties soild in 2021 were to foreigners.
Two years residency in the Balearics before being able to buy a home
Podemos are proposing a series of measures to address housing problems in the Balearics.
Commercial premises for living in in Palma, Mallorca
An example of a commercial unit that has been rented out.
Palma housing crisis: People living in commercial premises
"These don't meet habitability regulations. At most they have a toilet."
Only one property offered for Deya social renting
Deya town hall introduced a scheme at the start of this year.
Over 80 Ukrainian refugees in Mallorca
Balearics has housing for at least 162 refugees.
Record inflation pushes rents up 600 euros
The acceleration in inflation was driven by food, beverages, fuel and energy.
Plan for social housing in tourist resorts
Since the 1990s, there has been a plan to keep tourist and residential development separate.
Deya approves scheme for renting homes
Owners will assign properties to the town hall for an initial four-year period.
Housing development in Cala Romantica, Manacor, Mallorca
A development in Cala Romantica that was halted for more than ten years.
Future developments in Mallorca cannot have detached houses
Opposition say there is no solution to the housing shortage.
14 Municipalities to get New Social Housing in 2022
The total investment is around 40 million euros.
Banks selling empty properties rather than letting the government have them
Under half the registered number of empty properties there were two years ago.
Palma's plan for converting ground-floor premises
Under the new urban plan, conversion will favour affordable housing.
Santa Maria approves development of 300 new homes
Environmentalists Terraferida among those opposed to the developments.
Building site in Mallorca
Projects may have to stop until the situation normalises.
Rising cost of building materials pushing up prices of new houses
The rise in costs over the past six months is equivalent to that for the previous 13 years.
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Comment
Courage needed for the affordable housing shortage
What do you think is the best solution to this problem?
Andrew Ede06/01/2022 11:21