Manacor definitively approves the regulation for municipal social emergency housing

The Manacor City Council has definitively approved the Regulation governing municipal housing intended for social emergency situations, published in Section III of BOIB no. 121, of September 26, 2026, p. 52158, with edict 9610. The approval is automatic, once the public exhibition period of 30 business days has elapsed without claims, objections, or observations, and the regulation enters into force upon its full publication in the bulletin.

The City Council Plenary, in the session of July 29, 2026, initially approved the text, which was put out for public information through publication in BOIB no. 97, of August 4, 2026. The document corresponds to Exp. 15774/2026 and was electronically signed on September 23, 2026, by Mayor Miquel Oliver Gomila.

The regulation deploys the right to decent and adequate housing from Article 47 of the Spanish Constitution and the obligation of Law 4/2009, of June 11, on social services of the Balearic Islands to guarantee attention to situations of residential exclusion. The dwellings are of a public domain nature and are assigned to a municipal public service: occupancy is authorized by administrative resolution, on a temporary, precarious, personal, and non-transferable basis, and does not generate any leasehold rights.

Access requirements and priority groups

To access them, the following conditions, among others, must be met:

• Be of legal age or an emancipated minor and have Spanish nationality or legal residence in Spain.
• Be registered (empadronat) in the municipality of Manacor with a minimum seniority of one year immediately prior to the application.
• Not possess adequate housing in ownership, usufruct, or any other right that allows its use as a habitual residence.
• Be in a duly accredited situation of residential emergency and not possess sufficient economic resources.
• Have submitted an application for public protected housing to the competent body, except in cases of extraordinary urgency justified by a social report.
• Accept the monitoring and social intervention of the municipal social services.

Priority will be given to family units with dependent minors, with people with disabilities, dependency, or serious illness, people over 65 years of age without a specific residential resource, victims of gender-based violence, those affected by eviction or expulsion, those residing in substandard housing, and those affected by fires, floods, or collapses.

Technical Commission and scoring scale

The Technical Commission for Social Emergency Housing is created as a collegiate body for assessment and proposal, composed at minimum of:

• The coordinating person of the Social Services Delegation, who will serve as the chairperson.
• Two social work technical staff members.
• Two social education technical staff members.
• Any other municipal technical staff deemed necessary.

When the admitted applications exceed the available housing, the assessment will be made using a 100-point scale: up to 40 for the residential emergency situation, up to 25 for the composition of the cohabitation unit, up to 20 for social vulnerability, and up to 15 for the economic situation, calculated based on the monthly per capita income in relation to the IPREM. The score is an objective prioritization criterion, but the Commission may propose another one through a reasoned report. The resolution of award or denial corresponds to the Mayor or the Local Government Board, and before occupying the housing, a transfer agreement must be signed with the City Council.

Duration, obligations and sanctioning regime

The authorization of use will have a maximum initial duration of six months and may be extended for successive periods of up to six months, with a total maximum stay of eighteen months. The beneficiaries must use the housing as their habitual and effective residence, maintain it in adequate conditions, communicate any change in the cohabitation unit or in their economic situation, and pay for the utilities.

The text classifies infractions as minor, serious, and very serious. Very serious infractions —transfer or subletting, falsification of data, illicit activities, or refusal to vacate the housing— may lead to the immediate revocation of the authorization and the impossibility of accessing municipal social emergency housing again for a maximum period of five years. A transitional provision establishes that, until the fiscal ordinance for the conservation and maintenance fee comes into force, the beneficiaries will not have to make this financial contribution.

The regulation provides formal coverage for a public resource that until now operated as an exceptional and transitional measure, and establishes for the first time in Manacor the objective criteria for access, prioritization, and extinction. For readers affected by residential exclusion, this means a defined procedure, with a published scale and maximum deadlines, in the face of situations of eviction, overcrowding, or uninhabitable housing.

Source: Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, no. 121, September 26, 2026, Section III, p. 52158 (official reference: edict 9610, Exp. 15774/2026).