Madrid, (EFE).- Sareb, the company created to dispose of the real estate assets of the rescued banks, has already identified some 35,000 flats that it could allocate to social rental, to which up to 15,000 more properties would be added in the future of new construction.
Since the State took control of the “bad bank” last year, the company’s new management team was in charge of carrying out an exhaustive analysis of the homes it had, identifying not only their geographical location but also whether they were free or inhabited. .
21,000 homes “finished, empty and ready”
In this way, as sources from the Ministry of Economic Affairs explain to Efe, it was concluded that there are 21,000 homes “finished, empty and ready” to be able to transfer or sell to the autonomous communities and town halls and that are intended for social rental.
On the other hand, Sareb has 14,000 more homes that are currently inhabited, but are in different situations: rented or occupied, in close to 10,000 cases by vulnerable families. This is where it is being analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
Vulnerable families, the same sources explain, are being offered a “very affordable” rental program and some 2,000 rentals of this type have already been approved at this time. As an example, a family that paid its rent to a real estate company that went bankrupt and that since then wanted to regularize their situation.
In this way, among the 21,000 free homes to make available to the autonomous regions and town halls, plus the 14,000 already inhabited, Sareb has 35,000 perfectly identified flats to offer them for social rent.
This figure would reach the goal of 50,000 homes announced this Sunday by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, when Sareb cedes land for private companies to promote up to 15,000 social rental apartments.
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