Competition to build 350 homes with affordable rents
Given the housing emergency affecting Barcelona, the City Council is looking to boost the city's protected social housing stock with as many constructors as possible. A public tender process is now being launched with leaseholds for three municipal plots in the districts of Sants-Montjuïc and Sant Martí. The winning constructors will be responsible for the promotion, construction and management of 350 protected homes with affordable rents.
Construction of 350 new social housing homes
The new homes will be classed as affordable rental housing, with the maximum price by the general social housing scheme currently set at 10.36 euros/m². The homes will be awarded to people on the city’s Social Housing Register and managed by the Barcelona Housing Consortium.
The developments will be built on two plots of land in the neighbourhoods of La Marina del Prat Vermell, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, and on one plot in the neighbourhood of Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou, in the Sant Martí district:
- C/ Acer, 2: 43 homes
- C/ Ascó, 17: 68 homes
- C/ Llull, 355: 240 homes
Encouraging operator diversification
The tendering process is open to private companies and to non-profit organisations, to drive the construction of protected housing through public-private collaboration. Proposals will be evaluated according to criteria on social support, architectural quality, sustainability and industrialisation, with priority given to carbon footprint reduction and energy efficiency.
The City Council will grant leaseholds for three municipal plots to the successful bidders for a period of 75 years, extendable to 90 years. The land will remain in municipal ownership and at the end of the period the City Council will take back the buildings constructed. Work is expected to start in 2027.
The measure corresponds to the principle of joint responsibility promoted by the Pla Viure, the new municipal strategic plan for coordinating and optimising housing policies.
