The Canary Islands Government has approved a new land law that raises protected housing requirements in urbanisable land from 30% to 40%. The reform also simplifies planning procedures, toughens urban planning penalties and introduces special measures for municipalities facing demographic challenges.
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is to build 115 new public rental homes in Pepe Gonçalvez Norte, fully funded by the city council at a cost of over 22 million euros. Mayor Carolina Darias says the council stepped in after the Canary Islands Government withdrew funding for the scheme.
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A researcher at the University of Teramo has reconstructed how the indigenous people of the Canary Islands were enslaved during the Castilian Conquest and sold in Valencia and Seville. The study shows these dynamics foreshadowed the transatlantic slave trade that followed.
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The Canary Islands have seen a historic weekend of protests over housing, with around a thousand people marching in Arrecife and huge rallies in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura. Campaigners are now vowing to support families facing eviction and to build towards a general strike.
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife council has awarded the contract to design removable shade structures for Calle Castillo, one of the city’s busiest shopping streets. The aim is to improve comfort during the hottest months while protecting the street’s architectural heritage and commercial life.
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Four years after 20-year-old La Dorta died following a six-metre fall in Valverde, El Hierro, two legal proceedings remain ongoing. A newly surfaced document shows the council budgeted a safety railing at the spot but decided not to install it.
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A Senegalese educator who has lived in Gran Canaria since 2019 has been stranded in Senegal for two months, unable to return to her home and job despite holding legal residency in Spain. Soda Niasse, who gave voice to a trafficking victim during the Pope’s visit to the island, is now fighting to be heard herself.
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Fernando Clavijo has branded Spain’s second rental decree a “nonsense” that could backfire and reduce rental supply. The Canary Islands president defended Coalición Canaria’s housing measures but admitted there are no magic wands.
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Thousands of people marched in the Canary Islands on Saturday to protest against speculation and demand the right to housing. Organisers put the turnout at around 10,000 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and 8,000 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with smaller rallies in Arrecife and Puerto del Rosario.
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Around 10,000 people marched through Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday to demand solutions to the housing crisis. Protesters called for an end to speculation and “vulture fund” abuses, with many sharing personal stories of soaring rents.
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