They ask to increase public housing, limit speculation, mobilize empty homes, guarantee housing alternatives, and establish award criteria compatible with fundamental rights.
The reform cuts deadlines for licenses and reports, clarifies administrative silence, and facilitates land to address the housing emergency and the demographic challenge.
Tías is the Lanzarote municipality where the most empty houses are counted, while Arrecife is the third island capital with the most uninhabited properties.
Interest in housing soars 359% in the province since 2018, in a tense island market where the lack of units aggravates the search for families
The last social housing units completed in the archipelago were registered in January 2022, during the presidency of Ángel Víctor Torres (PSOE)
The Ministry has urged two tourist rental platforms to remove thousands of advertisements that would be in breach of the latest royal decree-law on housing
The counselor details in the Parliament of the Canary Islands the lines of action of the future Plan, focused on the increase of the offer, the rehabilitation of the residential park and access to housing for priority groups
70% of owners prioritize minimizing non-payment and legal conflict risks over maximizing the profitability of their rental property, according to data from the Spanish Society of Guaranteed Rental (SEAG)
In the first six months of the year, 65 requests for eviction suspension due to vulnerability were resolved in civil and criminal proceedings; only fourteen were agreed to be halted.
The call for aid, opened in April 2026 and now closed, was aimed at young people up to 35 years of age who have acquired an already built home intended for their habitual residence.
The sharpest drop was led by non-resident foreigners, who accounted for almost 37% of all purchases made by foreigners, and recorded a drop of 18% after the end of the 'Golden visa'.
The average price per square meter to buy a home in Lanzarote is 400 euros more expensive than twelve months ago
The disappearance of long-term rentals in the province of Las Palmas multiplies by six those that have been lost in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
After the call for general elections for the next November 29, both decrees must pass through the Permanent Deputation, where the first of them has prospects of moving forward
Collective housing drives the rebound in visas in the Canary Islands, with 1,796 units and a 54.6% year-on-year increase
The fall in sales does not curb the pressure on housing in the archipelago, where the market remains very tight
Canarias considers that during the Irish presidency of the EU, "a window of opportunity" opens to defend the priority right of residents
The Minister of Housing of the Government of Spain, Isabel Rodríguez, pointed out this Tuesday that "a fraud" has been detected in temporary rentals and also in room rentals.
The Spanish Executive will bring to an extraordinary plenary session in Congress the approval of two decree-laws on housing
Requests the Canarian Executive to tackle "the fraud" of temporary rentals and to apply mechanisms to combat rental prices
The fall of July confirms the slowdown of financing for housing in the archipelago
Canaries is the Spanish autonomy with the most houses owned by companies and Lanzarote is the island with a higher proportion of residential properties
"If the Canary Islands do not protect the housing of its people, it will end up being a territory without people," warns the union
The island municipality where housing value has increased the most is in Arrecife, where it costs 170% more than a decade ago
While the national market loses momentum, the archipelago continues to show a more solid evolution
The urban land market in the islands is once again among the most strained in the country and is almost 60% more expensive than the national average
This has been unanimously approved by the Parliament of the Canary Islands. The measure opens the door for tenants of public properties to access their purchase under a series of conditions.
The Young Rental Bonus 2026 is aimed at people between 18 and 35 years old and includes aid of 250 euros per month, for a maximum of 24 months.
Aimed at people between 18 and 35 years old, it includes aid of up to 250 euros per month for a maximum of 24 months, up to a total of 6,000 euros
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