Alejandro Marichal: “We want the regulations governing access to respond to the real needs of the municipality, and that is why it is important to listen to the citizens before approving them.”
Lucía Jiménez: “We want to know if the residents believe that length of residence or the economic situation of the families should carry more weight; ultimately, what social circumstances should be taken into account.”
The Housing Department of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council has opened a public consultation process for citizens to participate in the development of the future Municipal Regulatory Ordinance, Specific Bases and Criteria for the Allocation of Publicly Promoted Housing Owned by the Municipality.
The new regulation will define the criteria for allocating future municipal public housing, establishing who will be eligible, under what conditions, and through what procedures. It will also regulate the Municipal Public Registry of Applicants, the eligibility requirements, the scoring system, waiting lists, the different allocation methods, and the rights and obligations of the beneficiaries.
With this initiative, the City Council intends that the rules for accessing public housing will be established after listening to residents, associations, groups and interested entities, before continuing with the processing of the ordinance.
The First Deputy Mayor, Alejandro Marichal , emphasized that “a housing policy doesn't end when the homes are built; it must also guarantee that access to them is transparent, objective, and fair. We want the regulations governing this access to respond to the real needs of the municipality, and that's why it's important to listen to the citizens before approving them.”
The forthcoming ordinance will provide the City Council with its own framework for managing the municipal stock of subsidized housing objectively, transparently, and efficiently. It will also anticipate the necessary regulations for allocating and managing housing developments promoted by the municipality. The Councilor for Housing, Lucía Jiménez, encouraged residents to actively participate in this process. “We want to know the opinions of residents on very specific issues that will shape future access to municipal public housing. For example, whether they believe that length of residence in the municipality or the economic situation of families should carry more weight, what social circumstances should be considered , and what criteria can make the process fairer, more transparent, and better adapted to the reality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. All proposals will be studied before drafting the final ordinance.”
Among the issues under discussion are residency and ties requirements, income assessment, family composition, the presence of minors, situations of disability or dependency, large families, single-parent families, victims of gender-based violence, and housing emergencies. The document also proposes that housing be allocated through a public procedure based on a points-based system when there are more applications than available units.
The draft also includes the creation of specific quotas for certain groups. Among these, it proposes a minimum reservation of 5% of the homes in each development for young people up to 35 years old, one of the issues on which citizens will be able to submit proposals during this consultation process.
The contributions may also refer to the operation of the Municipal Register of Applicants, the obligations of the successful applicants, the management of the waiting lists or the measures necessary to guarantee the proper use of municipal public housing.
How to participate
Interested parties may send their contributions until Tuesday, August 11, 2026 via email to viviendas@maspalomas.com, indicating in the subject line " Public consultation prior to the Municipal Housing Ordinance".
It will not be necessary to present proposals using legal language. The Housing Department encourages residents to simply convey their opinions, suggestions, or ideas on how they believe access to future municipal public housing should be regulated.
