- Suárez-Quiñones has handed over the keys to the tenants of the housing development in Medina de Rioseco intended for affordable rent, preferably for young people, which will increase the public housing stock in the region
- This development is supported by European funds and is part of the 134 roadworker housing units that the Regional Government has rehabilitated throughout the region for affordable rent, with an investment of 17 million euros
- This is a new initiative by the Regional Government to make available for sale and rent, preferably to individuals under 36 years old, more than 3,000 housing units in the region, 621 of them in Valladolid
February 18, 2025
Castilla y León | Department of Environment, Housing, and Land Use Planning
The Department of Environment, Housing, and Land Use Planning of the Regional Government of Castilla y León has rehabilitated and improved the energy efficiency of the Roadworker housing units in Medina de Rioseco to allocate them to the public housing stock for rent.
The actions have involved an investment of 884,666 euros and have been financed by the Regional Government of Castilla y León with the support of European funds REACT-EU.
This is a promotion of 6 single-family roadworker housing units, owned by the Regional Government of Castilla y León, intended for rent. The executed works meet the objective of improving the thermal, acoustic, and habitability conditions of these housing units, resulting in modern and efficient units. The outcome is adapted to the Technical Building Code, with an aerothermal heating system, which leads to a significant improvement in energy rating, with an energy consumption of 54.7 kWh/m² per year contributing to a reduction of CO2 emissions of 9.3 kgCO2/m² per year.
The promotion is distributed in a single block corresponding to portal numbers 1 to 6. The six housing units are arranged in the same way. On the ground floor, there is a lobby, dining room, living room, kitchen, toilet, and individual back patio for each unit. On the first floor, there is a hallway, three bedrooms, and a bathroom. The odd-numbered units have a useful area of 88 m² and the even-numbered units have 89 m².
A seventh roadworker housing unit that was located apart from this block of six units, which were handed over, was rehabilitated last year and is already occupied for affordable rent by a family with eight children.
Regional Government’s Public Housing Developments
The Department of Environment, Housing, and Land Use Planning is managing the construction and rehabilitation of over 3,000 housing units, with 130 developments under construction. Of these, over 2,000 are for rent in 29 developments, with 1,098 units intended for young renters in Ávila, Burgos, Aranda de Duero, Miranda de Ebro, León, Ponferrada, Palencia, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Medina del Campo, and Zamora.
In addition, there are 134 roadworker housing units in 10 developments in the provinces of Ávila, León, Salamanca, Soria, Valladolid, and Zamora, as well as over 600 housing units for rent in small municipalities in Castilla y León. Regarding sales, 1,000 housing units will be developed across the 9 provinces of the region.
On September 30, 2024, the President of the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, and the presidents of the nine provincial councils signed a collaboration protocol to build the aforementioned 1,000 housing units in the region, for sale with a 20% discount for young individuals.
In the province of Valladolid
Currently, in the province of Valladolid, a total of 42 housing units are being developed in various promotions for sale with a 20% discount for individuals under 36 years old, in municipalities like Viana de Cega, Medina de Rioseco, Tudela de Duero, Valoria la Buena, and Matapozuelos, with an investment of 5.7 million euros, which may be expanded within the framework of the agreement signed with the Provincial Council.
For rent, in addition to the Roadworker housing promotion in Medina de Rioseco, the Regional Government has 82 housing units, 19 in Villalón de Campos, and 63 in the Puente Colgante Building, with over 11.5 million euros invested. It will also make available 402 collaborative housing units to the public stock, with an investment of 53 million euros. Additionally, 67 housing units will be rehabilitated for rent through the Rehabitare program with an investment of 4.2 million euros. Finally, 21 housing units from SAREB will be acquired. In total, the Regional Government of Castilla y León will make available initially over 620 housing units in the public stock with an investment exceeding 77 million euros.