From Casa Orsola to La Caixa apartments: all the homes bought by Barcelona in 2025

BarcelonaDuring 2025, the Barcelona City Council acquired 97 homes, in addition to three plots of land and a property that could potentially yield another 199 apartments. This is the summary made public this Friday by the fourth deputy mayor, Jordi Valls, who wanted to carry out an "exercise in transparency" regarding the property purchases made by the municipal government in the last year. In total, the City Council will have allocated 44.45 million euros to these operations. Among these purchases is, for example, the acquisition in February of the Orsola HouseAfter weeks of street protests against the attempted eviction of one of the residents of this Eixample building, the City Council and Habitat 3 purchased the building through a collaborative agreement. Through this mechanism, the non-profit organization paid 4.5 million of the 9.2 million euro total cost of the 26 apartments mentioned in the blog. During 2025, 38 apartments located in different Barcelona neighborhoods, formerly owned by the real estate company Building Center (owned by CaixaBank), were also acquired for 5.21 million euros. In addition, the City Council also acquired a property on Alió Passage in Gràcia, with 11 apartments (1.01 million euros); and four apartments in a building on Llull Street through the 30% social housing allocation (0.66 million euros). Another ten apartments on Valencia Street next to the Sagrada Família (€4.02 million), and another eight on Garrofers Street, in Nou Barris, for €1.61 million. Last year, the City Council also finalized the acquisition of three plots of land for €4.89 million, where 119 new homes are planned for the future. Among these plots, the one the council bought from Sareb on Escolapi Càncer Street, in the Torre Baró neighborhood, stands out. This was the first time the municipal government had directly purchased a plot of land from this state-owned entity, created to manage assets affected by the real estate crisis. The City Council's 2025 budget also includes the purchase from the State of the entire Noucentista building located at Via Laietana, 8-10, for €22.35 million. The building will soon house more than 700 city council employees in a operation This will free up space in other municipal buildings for approximately 80 homes and the new CAP Gòtic (Gothic Primary Care Center).

100 million over the entire term

During the press conference, Jordi Valls, the city council's Minister of Economy and Housing, highlighted that most of these transactions were completed in the last quarter. He stated that this aligns with the City Council's commitment to accelerating purchases through the right of first refusal and the right of redemption, especially now that the new ordinance allows the council to do so more effectively. find partners external parties to move forward by relinquishing their rights.

Valls has emphasized that the municipal government's commitment is to invest 100 million euros in the right of first refusal and redemption throughout its term. In 2023, 23 million euros were allocated for 105 homes, and in 2024, another 9 million to purchase 36 homes. In 2025, 21.7 million euros were spent on the purchase of the aforementioned 97 apartments. In total, the executive has spent 53.7 million euros so far. To meet its objective, the council should invest another 44.3 million euros during 2026 and the first half of 2027.