Sant Just Desvern approves the guidelines for awarding public rental housing

The Plenary of the Sant Just Desvern City Council, in its session on September 30, 2026, has definitively approved the general bases for the allocation of public-managed official protected rental housing. The full text is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on October 22, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610154456 and a length of eight pages. The bases will enter into force once the period of fifteen business days from the full publication of the text has elapsed.

The publication is made pursuant to Article 66 of Decree 179/1995, of June 13, which approves the Regulations for works, activities, and services of local entities, and the calculation of the entry into force follows Article 70.2 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the bases of the local regime. The document bears the signature of the mayor, Joan Basagañas i Camps, dated Sant Just Desvern, October 13, 2026, and the internal file reference AUM 2026 61 23.

The bases regulate the official protected rental housing located in the municipality that are owned or managed by Promocions Municipals Santjustenques, SA (Promunsa), a fully municipal-owned company. They will not apply to developments for which specific bases are approved. The contracts will be governed by Law 29/1994, of November 24, on urban leases, by Decree 13/2010, of February 2, and by Decree 75/2014, of May 27, of the Plan for the Right to Housing.

Requirements to participate in the draw

The housing will be allocated by draw among all applications that meet the established requirements:

• Be 18 years of age or older, or be a legally emancipated minor with the capacity to contract.
• Be registered in the Registry of Applicants for Official Protected Housing of Catalonia; without registration, no allocation is possible.
• Prove residence in Sant Just Desvern through registration (empadronamiento) for a minimum of three years, continuous or intermittent, or five years working in companies within the municipal district.
• Not hold full ownership or a real right of use over any dwelling or property, with specific exceptions.
• Meet the annual income limits of the cohabitation unit set by each call for applications.
• Adjust the cohabitation unit to the typology: one to four people for two-bedroom dwellings and three to six for three-bedroom dwellings.

The exceptions to the prohibition of ownership apply when the cadastral value of the property does not exceed 40% of the price of the dwelling to be rented, a percentage that rises to 60% for those over 65 years old, women victims of gender violence, victims of terrorism, large families, single-parent families with children, dependent persons or those with recognized disabilities, and separated or divorced persons up to date with their pensions.

Draw before a notary and three-year reservation

The award will be made through a public draw in the presence of a notary among the definitively admitted applications, with prior notice and a participation number randomly assigned to each request. The reserve list will be valid for three years from the date of the draw and will be used to cover homes that become vacant, except when the majority of contracts for a development have expired, in which case a specific call for applications will be required.

The final award will be the responsibility of the Board of Directors of Promunsa, or the body to which it delegates, and shall not be contestable except in cases of proven falsity of the requirements. Awardees must designate the home as their habitual and permanent residence within a maximum period of three months from the signing of the contract.

Applications, deadlines, and economic conditions

Applications may be submitted starting the day after the publication of each call, in person at the Promunsa offices at Carretera Reial, 106, premises 6 and 7, Sant Just Desvern, or via the electronic entry registry. The submission period shall not be less than one month.

• The provisional list of admitted and excluded persons will be approved within one month from the closing of applications.
• There will be ten business days for amendments and claims, which will be resolved within a period of 30 days.
• The rental price will be calculated using the module set by the Generalitat de Catalunya for the geographical area of the municipality, including parking and storage room, and including the repercussion of community expenses.
• A one-month security deposit must be paid and a one-month complementary guarantee established, and the tenant must contract contents and civil liability insurance.
• Anyone who waives their right without justified cause will be removed from the registry and will not be able to re-enroll for five years, in accordance with article 96.2 of Law 18/2007, of December 28, on the right to housing.

The above regulation has a direct impact on people seeking public housing in the municipality: it establishes for the first time a general and stable framework for all Promunsa developments, makes the draw before a notary the sole selection mechanism, and gives reserve lists a three-year validity, so that those who do not obtain housing in the first award maintain the option for subsequent ones.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. of October 22, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-8 (official reference: CVE 202610154456).