Eight protected flats at stake in dispute over Eixample building

The Sindicat challenges the municipal silence after demanding protected housing in Consell de Cent

At Consell de Cent, 538, the renovation of a building was processed as minor works. The Sindicat de Inquilinas argues that this classification should have triggered the 30% protected housing requirement, which would have meant eight flats.

The organisation has filed a contentious-administrative appeal against the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona for not requiring this allocation from Vandor, the company that renovated the property.

The appeal challenges the municipal silence

The claim questions the fact that the council did not respond to the request the Sindicat submitted on 13 March at the headquarters of the Distrito del Eixample. According to the organisation, the legal deadline to reply expired on 15 June.

The Sindicat states that it had already warned the Ayuntamiento about the situation. The fact that the renovation was processed as minor works is the key point of their claim.

Other properties under scrutiny

In a statement, the organisation pointed to two other properties for future legal action: the property at Nàpols, 206, and the one at Rocafort, 219. Both belong to the same company.

For the property at Entença, 69, known as the casa de La papallona, the Sindicat did not rule out criminal proceedings. In another urban issue in Barcelona, a manifesto from 23 cities calls for cooperation and stable funding for coastal areas, as explained in this article about urban coastlines.

17 social housing units according to the Sindicat

The organisation estimates that applying the 30% rule to the four properties would have made it possible to obtain 17 social housing units without investing “a single euro of public money.”