The Barcelona City Council has launched a 10 million euro aid line for individuals to rehabilitate their homes and improve energy efficiency, a measure agreed with ERC within the framework of the budgetary agreement for 2026. The municipal forecast is that around 2,000 flats in the city can benefit from this call.
The subsidies are aimed at owners and tenants, provided that the property is their habitual residence at the time of submitting the application. The aid may reach a maximum of 6,000 euros per dwelling, on the condition that the cost of the works exceeds 1,000 euros.
First call until June
The measure will be deployed in two phases. The first call will have approximately 4 million euros, coming from municipal funds and the Next Generation, and will remain open until the month of June. Once that period ends, the council will activate a second phase with about 6 million euros of municipal funding.
The objective is to facilitate rehabilitation actions in homes of the city and advance in the improvement of the residential park from the public sphere. The intention of the municipal government is to give continuity to this policy in the coming years.
Political agreement for the 2026 budget
The opening of this line of aid comes after the agreement reached between the City Council and ERC for the 2026 budget. The president of the republican municipal group, Elisenda Alamany, has defended the need for the administration to intervene to prevent residential expulsion processes.
"Rehabilitation, either public authorities do it, or investment funds will do it to expel residents" - Elisenda Alamany, president of the ERC Municipal Group
For his part, the deputy mayor of Housing, Jordi Valls, has framed the call within a strategy of continuity.
"The will is to continue the rehabilitation policy in the coming years, as a clear prioritization" - Jordi Valls, lieutenant of mayoralty of Housing
With this scheme, the city council seeks to accelerate the rehabilitation of primary residences in Barcelona and sustain a line of economic support that allows neighbors and families to face energy improvement works with public support.