At the same time that the largest urban development project in years in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) has suffered a double judicial setback caused by the neighborhood opposition and several municipal political groups, citizen misgivings have set their sights on the plan of the City Council of El Prat de Llobregat to widen its urban […]
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The coronavirus drives the urban exodus in Catalonia
Gabriela his life was perfectly organized. She ran a cocktail bar that she owned and earned extra income from the cute crafts she made from home in her spare time. Enough to pay the 900 euros in rent that the apartment in which he lived with his two children cost him. But the arrival of […]
Madrid collected 3.9% more with regional taxes the year that introduced new deductions
The Madrid’s community closed the year 2019 with an increase of 3.9% in the collection of regional management taxes, the same year in which new deductions in these taxes came into effect. This has been detailed by the Minister of Finance and Public Function, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, in the Plenary of the Assembly of Madrid, where […]
The stoppage of the real estate sector passes bill to the Consell: 407 million less than its main tax
The Generalitat’s budgets for 2021 will exceed 25,000 million euros for the first time, supported by a revenue forecast that, in terms of tax collection, already reflects the negative impact of the current economic crisis derived from the pandemic. To the extent that for the main tax managed by the Generalitat, and which is closely […]
Union rejection of the urban redevelopment of the Gallina Blanca factory in Barcelona
The historic Gallina Blanca factory in Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona) closed its doors last March so that its land is occupied by Agroalimen, the multinational holding company that moves its headquarters and that of its subsidiaries GBFoods and Affinity Petcare to the municipality. The City Council ensures that the urban reform, endorsed yesterday mostly by […]
Ada Colau does not return the extra cost charged with a tax in 2019
The extension of a tax of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) to owners of buildings in the regions of the Western Valles and Baix Llobregat caused a stir in 2019. Thousands of complaints were then filed, promoted by the Unified Non-Tribut AMB Platform. The entity prepares another massive campaign of resources and calls for […]
Tenants of Barcelona against La Caixa for not being able to buy their flats
Nine years ago the 78 houses of a block that the La Caixa Foundation built in an area under construction in Mataró (Barcelona) were inhabited. Tenants had to prove income that prevented them from emancipating and lacking properties to seal a rent reduced to official protection prices. The offer included the claim that they could […]
Mobilization against the urbanization of an old factory in L’Hospitalet
The struggle of the residents of Sant Josep refers to other historical mobilizations in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) that seemed utopian but ended up working. Sant Josep is a popular neighborhood in the second Catalan town in number of inhabitants, one of the cities with the highest population density in Europe. A place where the […]
The coronavirus ‘sinks’ the promotion of new construction after years of recovery of the real estate bubble
The bursting of the housing bubble in 2008 shook the foundations of an industry long accustomed to double-digit growth. The crash was of such magnitude that construction was practically paralyzed for years and many companies went bankrupt. It was not until 2015 when the sector began to react and timidly recover an activity that […]