- ISSN: 2155-7950
- Journal of Business and Economics
Expansion of the Municipal Housing Stock
(Social Management and Renting Area (City Council), Spain)
Abstract: Due to the increasing difficulty that certain social sectors have in accessing decent housing, the Zaragoza Municipal Housing Society has set itself the objective of expanding the municipal supply of social rental housing. To this end, it has set up the Empty Housing Capture and Mobilization Programme, aimed at owners of empty housing so that, by means of incentives, they transfer them to the municipal stock in exchange for comprehensive management, obtaining a series of guarantees and economic benefits.
It is estimated that there are around 13,000 empty dwellings in Zaragoza that are available for use, 5% of the total number of dwellings in the city. These are the objective of the programme, empty dwellings in the city in good habitability conditions.
This article aims to publicize this new way of expanding the public housing stock that provides a faster availability of housing to the public than a traditional process of building new housing. It also contributes to social integration, distributing a resource like social housing in the different neighbourhoods of the city, which avoids the creation of ghettos and makes it easier for those families who have access to social housing to remain in their usual environment, with its neighbourhood support network.
Key words: social housing; community; social renting; security; integration
JEL code: H