ARCHIVED - Flats vacant for more than a year in Valencia region will be declared uninhabited
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The government hopes to get more than 15,000 homes in Alicante and the rest of the region back on the market
Flats and other homes owned by companies and private owners with more than 10 properties which have stood empty for more than a year in the Valencia region will now be declared 'uninhabited', with a view to putting them back on the market for rent.
The Generalitat has signed a ruling which will regulate empty housing across the region, and determine which have been vacant long-term in order to either penalise multi-property owners financially or find tenants.
The ultimate aim, according to the region's housing department, is to put between 15,000 and 20,000 of these flats on the market in order to "decongest" the property sector.
For a property to be considered as "uninhabited housing" by the government, it must be owned by a large landlord or firm (one that has more than 10 homes), "failed to have been effectively utilised for the intended residential use", or have remained unoccupied continuously for a period exceeding one year, "without a justified cause".
This period of one year without use will begin from the last day on which someone lived in the property or from when the authorisation for its use as a dwelling was granted.
With regards to "justified causes" which allow a property to remain empty for more than a year, the housing department has clarified that these include: use as a second home; a tourist rental (registered and with guests for at least one month a year); the property is on the market for sale or rent (maximum one year in the former and six months in the latter); due to the temporary relocation of its occupants.
Regional Secretary for Housing, Alejandro Aguilar, explained that "empty" home owners will have six months to place them on the market for rent or sale, or face hefty fines.
Data will be collected in two ways. Firstly large landlords and multiple homeowners will be expected to notify the regional government of any empty properties on the books; and secondly, through complaints from neighbours or local authorities,
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