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Andalucia planning to build 285,000 new council houses

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Under the Junta de Andalucia’s “let’s build our way out of la crisis” plan (known officially as the Programa de Impulso a la Construcción Sostenible, “the program for the impulse of sustainable construction”) towns across Andalucia have put aside sufficient land to build a whopping 285,000 new VPO’s in the short term, and well over a million long term. VPO’S are the Spanish version of the council home, price regulated homes that are built and Continue reading Andalucia planning to build 285,000 new council houses→

Short term lets to be regulated by Tourism Ministry from January onwards

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Do you rent out your apartment or house for short periods and live in Andalucia? Well, as from January (if the decree is passed next week) you’ll be operating as a tourism business and will be expected to apply for permission and regulation from the Andalucian Ministry of Tourism. See, the tourism ministry of Andalucia is completely controlled by the Hotel industry, and they have been lobbying hard to prevent people from renting out their Continue reading Short term lets to be regulated by Tourism Ministry from January onwards→

Your apartment roof can now be seized for a mobile phone mast

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Live in a block of flats or apartments? Well, you could now soon be living under a mobile phone antenna, like it or not. The new telecommunications law comes into force today which allows operators to forcibly expropriate “common communal parts” of blocks if they feel the need to install a whopping great big antenna there. Nor will the operators need municipal licenses or environmental impact studies. Just roll up, point a finger, couple of Continue reading Your apartment roof can now be seized for a mobile phone mast→