Illegal holiday homes could soon be available to rent (legally!)
Plan has been welcomed.
Illegal holiday lets in Mallorca and the Balearics will be sealed off
The emergency housing decree was due to have been approved on Friday.
Building worker in Mallorca
Conversion is a key aspect of the decree.
Decree for limited-price housing in the Balearics to be approved on Friday
But how many affordable homes will be created and how long will they take?
Urgent actions have marked Palma mayor's first 100 days
Police, cleanliness, housing - key issues for Jaime Martínez.
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British expats living among the locals, theatre in English, solidarity and support, house sales, tourist saturation...
Foreign property market
The foreign property market is heavily reliant on the Germans, almost 60 percent of foreign property sales this year were to Germans.
Ibiza
The decree is due to be approved later this month.
Apartments up to 40% cheaper under Balearic government's housing measures
Criticisms include claims that there will be speculation.
Emergency measures to provide more affordable housing in Mallorca
All conversions will have agreed affordable prices for sale or rent.
What to do with Mallorca's abandoned old houses
Many of these old houses are uninhabitable because of neglect.
The Mallorcan village where over half the homes are empty
It's argued that many of these properties are uninhabitable.
Housing shortage in Palma, Mallorca
Measures are needed to address the housing shortage.
The new government's plans for addressing the housing crisis in Mallorca
Public land will be transferred to developers for the building of homes to rent.
New housing law has led to a reduction in properties to rent in the Balearics
An estimated fall of ten per cent in the Balearics.
Housing crisis in the Balearics - and the number of empty homes has risen by almost 50%
The new government is to issue an emergency housing decree.
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Comment
Please spare us the grand but futile housing gestures
It's reckoned that the new government's scheme could create 3,000 homes. Will it?
Andrew Ede16/09/2023 17:49