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🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Five family members, unverified registrations, full mailboxes: the devastating police report on protected housing in Alicante

A police report unveils serious irregularities in the allocation of protected housing in Alicante, with multiple homes connected to a single family and numerous unverified registrations.

Feb 24 • 13:29 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The Supreme Court upholds the Barcelona regulation that requires 30% of new housing developments to be reserved for protected housing

The Supreme Court of Spain has upheld a regulation in Barcelona mandating that 30% of new housing developments must be allocated for protected housing, reinforcing the city's commitment to affordable living.

Feb 23 • 20:30 UTC
🇩🇰 Politiken
National & Local

Professor: It is the worst that has happened in 108 years

Experts are criticizing a new proposal from Denmark's culture minister that aims to make it easier for people to live in protected houses, arguing it undermines important cultural heritage.

Feb 23 • 08:02 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

The network of contacts behind the protected housing scandal in Alicante

A housing scandal in Alicante has revealed that friends and family of officials secured subsidized homes, prompting a police investigation and multiple resignations.

Feb 22 • 04:40 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

The Socialists will take a municipal land exchange in Valencia for 39 already promised protected homes to the Prosecutor's Office

The Socialist Party in Valencia plans to report a municipal land exchange to the Prosecutor's Office amid allegations of potential fraud.

Feb 19 • 12:26 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

The Socialists urge that the PP and Vox 'anti-squatter office' evict the 'scroungers' from the protected housing in Alicante

The Socialists have called on the anti-squatter office of the PP and Vox to evict individuals from protected housing in Alicante alleged to be improperly occupying them.

Feb 18 • 12:14 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The new neighborhood of Los Berrocales takes off: 7.4 billion investment and 161,000 accumulated jobs

The Los Berrocales neighborhood in Madrid is set to see significant development with a projected investment of €7.4 billion, creating 161,000 jobs and 22,285 new homes, half of which will be publicly protected.

Feb 17 • 23:10 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Two of the beneficiaries of the protected housing scandal in Alicante renounce them

Two beneficiaries of the controversial protected housing units in Alicante have renounced their apartments, according to the city's mayor, Luis Barcala.

Feb 17 • 12:38 UTC
🇨🇿 Seznam Zprávy
National & Local

Debtors are prioritized, owners of apartments are hardly protected by the state, readers write

The article discusses the challenges faced by apartment owners in Czechia regarding state-protection policies that favor debtors over landlords.

Feb 15 • 20:34 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

A judge investigates the controversial allocation of protected housing to officials and relatives of the Alicante City Council

A judge in Alicante has opened an investigation into the controversial allocation of protected housing to city council officials and their relatives following a complaint alleging multiple offenses, including administrative misconduct and fraud.

Feb 11 • 12:10 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

The ‘Pelotazo’ of Protected Housing in Alicante: Favors, Resignations, Under-the-table Payments, and Lack of Control

A scandal involving luxury public housing in Alicante has surfaced, revealing connections with local political figures and allegations of corruption in the allocation process.

Feb 8 • 04:30 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

76,475 Valencians awaited protected housing while PP officials distributed the VPO of Alicante

The scandal surrounding the distribution of protected housing in Alicante among PP officials highlights the pressing need for housing among 76,475 Valencians in need.

Feb 5 • 21:32 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

The Government warns: there will be no financing for VPO promotions for sale on private land like those in Alicante

The Spanish Government has announced that neither the Valencian Community nor any other autonomous community will receive funding from the new Housing Plan 2026-2030 for protected housing developments on private land that may lose their protection over time.

Feb 5 • 16:30 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

Government advisor resigns after it was revealed that the mother of his daughters benefited from one of the protected housing units in Alicante

A government advisor in Llorca has resigned following revelations that the mother of his daughters received a protected housing unit in Alicante, prompting investigations into potential misuse of information by officials.

Feb 5 • 15:52 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

New resignation due to the VPO scandal in Alicante: the chief of staff of the Tourism Counselor resigns

The scandal involving protected housing in Alicante has led to the resignation of Miguel Ángel Sánchez, the chief of staff for the Tourism Counsel, following revelations that his partner owns a property in the implicated residential development.

Feb 5 • 15:37 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
National & Local

Gonzalo Bernardos on Protected Housing: "I Prefer Regulated Price Housing Much More"

Economist Gonzalo Bernardos shares his perspective on managing protected housing to prevent irregularities in their allocation, against the backdrop of a complaint by the Alicante City Council to the Prosecutor's Office regarding potential irregularities.

Feb 5 • 12:28 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

Mazón eliminated controls activated by the left to prevent fraud in the awarding of VPO like those in Alicante

Mazón has partially repealed controls aimed at preventing fraud in the allocation of VPO (protected housing) in Valencian Community, maintaining these controls only for public housing.

Feb 4 • 21:48 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

The VPOs of Alicante show the cracks in the system: they are few, for increasingly high incomes and end up disqualified

The article discusses the insufficient number of publicly protected housing (VPO) in Alicante, which cater to rising income levels and ultimately face disqualification.

Feb 4 • 21:48 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

Public Protection Jets

A controversial list of individuals who received housing from the first promotion of protected housing in Alicante in two decades includes local politicians and influential public figures amid a housing crisis.

Feb 3 • 20:53 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

Protected homes from the controversial residential area of Alicante that won positions of the PP, for rent at 1,600 euros

The article discusses the rental of protected housing in a controversial Alicante residential project, which was previously linked to political figures from the Popular Party, for a price of 1,600 euros.

Feb 3 • 20:53 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

A report from the Alicante City Council warned, without consequences, that officials involved in processing VPO acquired apartments

An internal report from the Alicante City Council revealed that municipal staff involved in managing contracts may have received protected housing, leading to concerns over potential conflicts of interest.

Feb 3 • 17:11 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

The Alicante City Council reports possible "irregularities" with protected housing to the Prosecutor's Office

The Alicante City Council has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office regarding potential irregularities in the management of protected housing, prompting the Generalitat to form a commission to review housing allocations.

Feb 3 • 14:43 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

The Alicante City Council washes its hands of the protected housing scandal and delegates the investigation to the Prosecutor's Office

The Alicante City Council has submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office regarding possible irregularities in the allocation of public protection housing, claiming it only sold the land and issued licenses.

Feb 3 • 14:18 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Hunting down fraudsters living in protected housing: Communities accumulate hundreds of sanctions for abusing public housing

From 2019 to 2025, regions collected over nine million euros by sanctioning illegal subletting, prohibited sales, and misuse of public housing.

Feb 3 • 04:30 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

The Generalitat opens a disciplinary file on an official who processed a visa for the VPP of Alicante while their spouse was a requester

The Valencian Generalitat has opened a disciplinary investigation into a civil servant for processing a visa for protected housing in Alicante, with their spouse listed as a requester, while the PSOE party has reported potential criminal offenses to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Feb 3 • 03:37 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

Mazón changed the law so that VPOs like those in Alicante can be sold at free rental prices

The Valencian government changed legislation allowing certain protected housing in Alicante to be sold at market rates after a designated period, leading to increased property values.

Feb 2 • 20:27 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

The Valencian Government suspends an employee who awarded one of the protected homes in Alicante to his wife

The Valencian Government has suspended a civil servant for awarding a protected home to his wife after a thorough investigation revealed irregularities in the process.

Feb 2 • 19:51 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

The Generalitat investigates an official who falsified data to allocate a protected apartment in Alicante to the municipal architect

The Valencian Generalitat is investigating an official for falsifying information to secure a protected housing allocation for his wife, a municipal architect in Alicante.

Feb 2 • 19:06 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
National & Local

Pérez Llorca opens the door to a new 'brickwave' and privatizes the cataloging of protected public housing

The Valencian government led by Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca will give more advantages to developers for constructing housing on public land initially designated for public facilities, while advancing the privatization of the control and cataloging of protected housing.

Jan 2 • 05:01 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

Five keys to the Housing Law of Andalusia that comes into effect on January 24: more protected housing, more land available for developers, and less bureaucracy

The new Housing Law of Andalusia aims to build 20,000 protected homes in five years by releasing land, streamlining processes, and involving municipalities and developers.

Dec 30 • 02:09 UTC

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