The compensation for vacant properties is contemplated in the Basque Housing Act of 2015 and in a 2021 decree, which establishes a compensation of ten euros per year per square meter for apartments left vacant for more than two years without these situations being justified .
The Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, announced on Friday that he will request the cooperation of the municipal authorities of the Basque municipalities that declare themselves as problem areas, so that they will apply the compensation to vacant houses, as stated in the legislation.
Itxaso made this announcement during the plenary session of the Basque Parliament following a question from socialist Adrián Fernández about the strategy that will be followed to mobilize empty houses.
The Basque Housing Act of 2015, in addition to a 2021 decree, establishes a compensation of ten euros per year per square meter for apartments that have been vacant for more than two years without justification.
According to Itxaso data collected in the last Basque Housing Observatory, there are 43,000 vacant houses in Euskadi, 3,700 fewer than in 2021.
From them 25,000 Are manageable housingthat is to say that they are not uninhabited for any of the reasons provided for by law and that they are not offered for sale or for rent and therefore they are potentially mobilizable. In Bizkaia, 16,000 houses are empty; in Gipuzkoa 5000 and in Álava 4000.
As explained of the total number of vacant homes approximately 9,000 meet the requirements so that the canon can be applied to them have been vacant for more than two years without valid reasons.
Source: EITB
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