El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona extenderá las ayudas a la rehabilitación de los edificios y a la reforma del interior de los pisos, unas subvenciones que hasta ahora no otorgaba el consistorio. Sí las da la Generalitat, pero no en la capital catalana. Son ayudas para hacer reformas que permitan conseguir la cédula de habitabilidad, mejorar la accesibilidad o el aislamiento térmico o acústico, una convocatoria que se publicará en los próximos días.
Source: El País
“Barcelona is not for sale”- organised movement protest in the market of La Boqueria This past January, thousands of people protested in the streets of Rambla under the motto “Barcelona is not for sale”. The FAVB (Federación de Asociaciones de Vecinos de Barcelona), together with 60 organisations, organised the rally. This brought together different sets of activists: housing, work, neighbourhoods, culture etc.; all mutually against “mass tourism” and in favour of “right to live in the city”. Once again, tourism proved to be a source of great dissatisfaction in regards of the living conditions in Barcelona. Though tourism is very successful in the city, the living standards keeps on declining, with rents continuously increasing. Lasting for approximately 2 hours, protesters walked through popular roads demanding “Culture accessibility”, “Promotion of public transport and non pollution” and “Gender equalities” in the city; condemning “housing speculations” “destructions of proximity trade” and “degradation of public space”. Following after La Rambla, the protesters also entered the market of La Boqueria, where they paraded with banners and shopping carts. The effect of mass tourism According to the data collected in 2016 from Hotel Occupation Survey, the Catalonian capital reached 20 million hotel bookings; twice the result of 12 years ago. Additionally, city establishments such as hotels, […]
