US EditionSitges Suspends Hotel and Residential Licenses to Curb Tourist Housing and Gentrification
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The City Council of Sitges (Barcelona) has approved to suspend for a year the granting of building licenses and activities for hotel, residential and sanitary uses, having observed certain urbanistic "traps". This has been explained this Friday by the mayor of Sitges, Aurora Carbonell, in statements to EFE, after the municipal plenary gave the green light to this suspension last Wednesday. Specifically, the measure, which can be extended one mor…
The Sitges City Council has approved the suspension of building and activity licenses for hotel, residential and health uses for one year, with the possibility of extending it for another year. The measure aims, as they have indicated, to curb the abuse of tourist housing, alleviate gentrification and adapt the Municipal Urban Planning Plan (POUM) to current needs, taking into account the lack of housing in the municipality. Projects in process …
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