The scandal surrounding the allocation of subsidized housing in Alicante continues to grow. Adding to the controversy over a real estate development that has benefited up to five members of the People's Party (PP), several city council employees, and officials from the Valencian regional government (Generalitat), is the fact that more than a dozen families with multiple members who have been granted apartments reside in the building. Among them are even three siblings and two cousins ​​between the ages of 18 and 24, a particularly striking detail given that the initial steps for the project date back to 2018, which would have required them to register at 14 or 15 years old. The latest information comes from a report prepared by the Alicante Local Police at the request of the court investigating the case. The document reveals that up to 46 of the 140 apartments in the building known as Les Naus have no registered residents, and that many others have one registered resident but "more people" living there. The report also notes that 12 non-allocated individuals reside in six apartments. Furthermore, it points out that 26 mailboxes appear neglected, with a significant amount of uncollected advertising, suggesting that the apartments are vacant. All of this data indicates potential violations because the regulations for allocating apartments require the inclusion of documentation for all cohabitants, stipulate that the allocated apartment must be used as the primary residence, and state that the annual income of the family unit must not exceed €54,600, according to the new limit set by the PP (previously €48,000).

One apartment for the Councilor for Urban Planning, Rocío Gómez; others for both children and the nephew of the Director General of Internal Organization, Public Procurement, and Fund Management, María Pérez-Hickman; two more for the municipal architect, Francisco Nieto, and the wife of the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Tourism, Miguel Ángel Sánchez; and finally, one for the wife of the technician from the Ministry of Housing who validated the applications. This is the provisional tally of the controversial allocation of subsidized public housing among several officials of the Alicante City Council and the Valencian Regional Government.

The Alicante City Council will cross-reference the data of those awarded public housing with that of the current staff of civil servants to determine if any other employees are linked to the allocation of subsidized housing to various municipal officials. This was announced on Tuesday by the Councilor for Contracting and Human Resources and leader of the People's Party, Manuel Villar, who stated that he does not intend to carry out a "witch hunt," but wants to clarify if there are other city officials and officials who were awarded housing or who had "connection to the procedure." He also detailed that an extraordinary plenary session dedicated to the controversy will be held this Thursday, as requested by the opposition groups. The scandal has already resulted in the resignation of the Councilor for Urban Planning, Rocío Gómez – who was one of the recipients – and the municipal Director General of Internal Organization, Public Procurement and Funds Management, María Pérez-Hickman, along with her two sons and a nephew. Furthermore, the actions of a technician from the Housing Department, already under investigation, are being examined. This technician approved a housing unit for his wife, a municipal employee, and for the municipal architect, Francisco Nieto, who also benefited from the program.

Controversy has erupted in Alicante City Hall over the allocation of public housing to several municipal officials. The Councilor for Urban Planning, Rocío Gómez, and the Director General of Internal Organization, Public Procurement, and Funds Management, María Pérez-Hickman, have resigned due to their alleged involvement in irregularities in the allocation of public housing in an area of ​​Sant Joan beach. Pérez-Hickman's departure comes a day after the mayor, Luis Barcala, a leader of the People's Party (PP), ordered an investigation to determine if any irregularities occurred, given that the Councilor for Urban Planning, the municipal architect Francisco Nieto, and two of Pérez-Hickman's children were involved. Barcala has promised to "go all the way" and to report "the slightest suspicion" of illegal activity to the Public Prosecutor's Office. Regarding Gómez, who resigned this Friday afternoon, the mayor stated that the councilwoman acquired the status of beneficiary of one of the public housing units under investigation "five years before" entering politics. He added that the building permit for the property was granted in 2022, also a year before she joined the city council as a councilwoman. "To the best of our knowledge, [Rocío Gómez] has not intervened in any decision whatsoever related to this social housing case," the Popular Party leader added. Luis Barcala stated that he hopes the internal investigation will clarify the situation of his colleague on the governing team. Once he has all the information, he pledged to share it with the opposition and "to take action at the slightest indication of wrongdoing." "Under no circumstances can we allow even the slightest suspicion to exist in such a sensitive issue as housing, especially given the alarm generated by the lack and need for housing," he concluded.

Vox is determined to weaken teaching in Valencian. This is demonstrated by the fact that the crisis in the Alicante municipal government, triggered by the debate on the council's financial stability plan, has been resolved with the approval of a ten-point plan that includes initiatives unrelated to the economic sphere, such as the approval of an institutional declaration calling on the Valencian Parliament to amend the law on the use and teaching of Catalan.