In July 2020 we bought a building in the municipality of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, next to and under the radius of influence of Manresa (Bages). The Valentine project is the third building acquired through the scoring process we do as a cooperative, after Palafrugell and Martorell. The property was owned by a bank and was rescued from the speculative market with the purchase via the right of first refusal.
The building of 5 homes consists of a ground floor and 2 floors built in 2015, which has never been inhabited. Located 350m (4 minutes' walk) from the bus station and 10 minutes' walk from the Town Hall and Plaça Nova. The building has an elevator for access to the homes. It is designed with houses of different sizes and rooms, between 36 and 80m2. All the homes are HPO, therefore, the users who live there must meet the official protection requirements. In addition, it has a storage room and a 6-space garage in the basement.
In June 2021, the first families will move in, incorporated after a campaign between April and May for people who are members or not of our cooperative, which included virtual talks with in-person visits to the building.
RIGHT OF TRYING
The building has been acquired through the right of first refusal in force since the approval of Decree-Law 1/2015 on extraordinary and urgent measures for the mobilization of homes resulting from mortgage foreclosure processes. With the approval of this decree, preference is given to the Generalitat, councils and social promoters (com Sostre Cívic) for the purchase of these homes. In addition, the acquisition was made thanks to a loan from the Catalan Institute of Finance, which has a bonus from the Housing Agency of Catalonia, and with preferential conditions, subject to certain requirements income by the people who access it lower than the general HPO.
FREEING PRIVATE MARKET ASSETS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY OF LIVING
This purchase was made by carrying out the agreement approved inGeneral Assembly of February 22, 2019.
The purchase of already built buildings is one of our strategic ways with the aim of activating assets for new cooperative housing projects in use and increasing the social housing stock in a much shorter time than with new construction projects.
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE ON VALENTÍN?
The Valentine project is currently full and has no vacancies. If the project is canceled at any time, all members of the cooperative will be notified. We remind you that the main criterion when transferring the right to assign the use of a home is theseniority order a Sostre Cívic, as contained in article 14 of our statutes. If you are not yet a member, you can do so fromthis page!
And if you want to contact us with any questions or comments, you can write to us at info@sostrecivic.cat