Seville's mayor, José Luis Sanz, contrasted the current management of Emvisesa with the socialist era during the municipal plenary, announcing that nearly 1,000 protected homes will be delivered in the city before the year ends.
Seville's mayor, José Luis Sanz, defended on Thursday in the municipal plenary the management of the municipal housing company, Emvisesa, and stated that the entity currently has over 2,200 protected homes in various stages of construction or processing. Sanz contrasted this figure with the eight years of socialist government, when, according to his data, 83 homes were built and sold.
The mayor framed this evolution within what he called a "change of direction in municipal housing policy," focusing on the need to expedite administrative procedures so that upcoming developments reach Seville residents as soon as possible. Specifically, he mentioned the developments in Villanueva del Pítamo and Entrolivos, both in the Bellavista neighbourhood, which will be made available to applicants imminently.
Regarding the Palmas Altas developments, the mayor detailed that the allocation "has already concluded" and that three of those homes have already been delivered, while the fourth will be delivered on October 8. So far this year, Emvisesa has delivered 802 homes, a figure that will approach one thousand before December 31, as Sanz specified.
The mayor also outlined the marketing model of the 23 active developments of the municipal company: 17 are awarded and sold entirely through internal means, four through external means, and two via a mixed system. For Sanz, this volume of work demonstrates that Emvisesa "is overwhelmed by the pace of work," and he praised the efforts of the staff.
"This great team of workers is giving their all to make Seville the Andalusian capital of protected housing and to ensure we are the second city in the nation constructing the most protected homes"
The mayor also called for a state regulatory framework that includes economic measures to reduce the cost of accessing housing. In this regard, he requested that the next central government restore purchase and mortgage aid, lower taxes such as VAT, and reinstate tax deductions that, he recalled, existed in the past for this type of housing.
"Making protected homes cheaper is not in the hands of this City Council. I hope a government comes to this nation soon that restores purchase aid, mortgage aid, lowers taxes, mainly VAT, and recovers the tax deductions that protected homes once had"
With these figures, the Seville City Council positions protected housing as one of the pillars of its government action for the remainder of the term. Upcoming deliveries and allocations will depend on the evolution of urban planning procedures and the marketing of the developments already underway.
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