According to data collected in the social report of the new Municipal Urban Planning Plan (POUM), the annual average of protected flats built in Lleida between 2020 and 2023 has been only 79, a figure representing 3.5% of what was built during the 1980s. This reduction is eight times lower than the annual average for the 2000-2009 period, when 159 protected homes were built annually.
Most of these protected properties are more than three decades old, which explains why by the end of 2023, only 3,739 maintained their qualification. This figure continues to decrease, as hundreds of homes have lost or will lose this condition in 2024 and 2025. The Government provisionally extended the validity for 666 homes in Lleida city, as in other Catalan municipalities declared a tense residential market area.
The POUM document also highlights the almost non-existent public promotion of housing, with only 108 units completed between 1990 and 2023. This situation means that the construction of social housing largely depends on private companies, which, according to the president of the Association of Developers in Lleida, do not find this activity profitable without public aid.
“"The business of a promotion is not done in five months, but in two years, so we need regulatory certainty, in addition to more financing facilities. Public aid is needed."
The report also reveals that the price of second-hand homes in Lleida has increased by 21.3% between 2004 and 2024, surpassing the 20.6% increase for new homes. The average price of used flats was 105,000 euros in 2024, while new ones reached 158,000 euros. As for rent, it increased by 55% between 2005 and 2023, with an average price of 742.7 euros for a sample of 52 flats in February 2025.
