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Sabadell tackles housing crisis with new strategic plan through 2030

The city aims to expand its public housing stock, which currently stands at just 1.3% of the total.

Generic image of a residential apartment block in a working-class neighborhood.
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Generic image of a residential apartment block in a working-class neighborhood.

The Sabadell City Council has introduced the 2025-2030 Local Housing Plan (PLH), a strategic framework designed to address the structural imbalance between local wages and soaring property prices.

Despite being the second city in Catalonia with the largest public housing stock, Sabadell still falls short of legal requirements. Currently, only 1.3% of homes are strictly public, while the law mandates reaching 15% by 2039.
Market pressure has pushed average rents to approximately 830 euros, making housing unaffordable for many working-class families in neighborhoods such as Torre-Romeu or Can Puiggener. Additionally, 90% of the city's 90,000 homes suffer from low energy efficiency.
The 2025-2030 plan focuses on ending the temporary nature of protected housing, preventing the sale of public land, and pressuring entities like SAREB to release vacant properties for social use.

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