The Valencia City Council has activated the processing of a
two-year moratorium
to prevent the implantation of complete
tourist apartment
buildings
in 37 neighborhoods of the city.
The Councilor for Housing, Isabel Lozano, explained that the objective of the measure is to stop "
speculative movements of vulture funds
and large corporations that, in order to carry out their activity, expel the neighborhood from the city's neighborhoods."
The mayor has given as an example the case of a residential building in the center of the city that has been acquired by a company to be used for tourist apartments, which will lead to the eviction of its current tenants.
"An example of the movements that want to stop is the case of Turia street, which will lead to the
expulsion not only of the neighborhood
but also of businesses that carry out a social function and root in the neighborhood, such as a schoolgirl," he said. manifested.
The proposal will have effect in most of the consolidated city, since the
prohibition to process and grant new licenses
and declarations responsible for works and activities for this type of tourist use will be applied in the urban classification areas of the Protected Historic Center (I leave in those that already have a Special Protection Plan such as the city center) and Ensanche.
Thus, the affected neighborhoods are: Botanic, Arrancapins, Nou Moles, Soternes, la Petxina, La Roqueta, Pla del Remei, Russafa, Gran Vía, Mont-Olivet, En Corts, Na Rovella, la Fonteta Sant Lluís, Patraix, la Raiosa , Covered Cross, part of San Marcel * li, La Amistat, Albors, Camí Fondo, La Creu del Grau, Ayora, a part of Grau, Vega Baja, part of Malvarrosa and Mestalla, Exposition, a good part of Benicalap, Benimàmet and Benimaclet, San Isidro, Orriols, Torrefiel, a good part of San Antonio, Tormos, Marxalenes and Tendetes.
The intention of the Department of Housing is to process this proposal urgently and that it can be ratified in the plenary session next April.
Once the moratorium is approved, the City Council, always according to Lozano's statements, will open a period of reflection to introduce
more specific and definitive prohibitions
through the modification of the General Urban Development Plan (PGOU).
"This measure is aimed at paralyzing the speculative actions of investment funds that are dedicated to buying entire residential buildings to be used for tourist apartments. We cannot impassively attend the expulsion of the neighborhood from our neighborhoods and that is why
a containment measure is urgently needed and preventive
that gives us time to study in depth which are the specific changes to apply in the PGOU that are more effective and balanced to protect the residential life of the city of Valencia ", he stressed.
The movement, Lozano stresses, aims to paralyze the use of existing homes as tourist apartments, since this is one of the
most important pressure
factors
on housing
.
In his opinion, in the last 10 years the transformation of homes for residential use into tourism has caused, saving the situation generated by Covid, "the
expulsion of the usual resident population
from the most attractive neighborhoods for tourism such as Ciutat Vella, Cabanyal , Malvarrosa, Extramurs, Ruzafa or el Grao among others due to their influence on the market, reduction in housing supply and the excessive increase in the sale and rental price ".
For this reason, the councilor maintains, "it is necessary to act in time and avoid situations such as those that occur in other cities such as Madrid or Barcelona."
Currently, in Valencia there is an
urban limitation
for the implementation of tourist apartments located in buildings that share a residential use.
The PGOU determines that they can only be installed on ground floors or first floors and that in no case can tourist and residential use be combined on the same floor or that the apartments are located above the houses.
Recently, another requirement was added that obliges the owners of tourist apartments to be registered in the
regional register
, a circumstance that can only be achieved if they achieve the urban compatibility granted by the City Council itself.
However, the prohibition
does not affect complete buildings
, which can be used for tourist use if they obtain the corresponding municipal licenses.
Its implantation, in fact, is only restricted in the historic center and protected areas.
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