Marbella’s Social Housing Waiting List Passes 4,000 Ahead of Golden Mile Draw

The number of people waiting for subsidised housing in Marbella has climbed to 4,003 active applications, according to Diario Sur. The increase follows the announcement of a draw, due before the end of the year, for 25 protected homes on the Golden Mile.

When Mayor Ángeles Muñoz announced on 21 September that registration would close on 1 October, the municipal register of housing applicants held 3,899 names. Of those, 2,345 were under 35. The latest figure puts the under-35 group at 2,393, or 59.78% of the total. Town hall sources describe the rise as a “calling effect”.

The Golden Mile development

The draw covers a development by luxury property firm Sierra Blanca Estates, now under construction on a 3,100-square-metre council-owned plot in Arroyo Palomeras. It will have 25 three-bedroom homes of between 74 and 90 square metres, each with a garage and storage room. The complex will have landscaped gardens, a children’s play area and a communal pool.

Prices will be capped at between €180,000 and €280,000. Successful applicants will receive a €16,000 grant, of which €10,000 comes from the town hall and €6,000 from the developer. The architects, JAP Arquitectos, say the build quality matches that of free-market housing.

Half of the homes are reserved for people under 35 with incomes below three times the IPREM, the public income index used to set eligibility for subsidised housing. The rest fall under the general regime, open to households earning up to seven times the IPREM. Specific quotas are set aside for people with reduced mobility or disabilities.

Wider housing plan

Marbella has 1,021 protected homes under construction or about to go to tender between now and 2027. That would meet 25.5% of current registered demand. A further 1,100 are planned in the medium to long term, on top of more than 600 homes already in the municipal social housing stock.

Among the projects under way are 172 rental homes in the southern expansion area of San Pedro Alcántara, with another 228 planned across Elviria, Nueva Andalucía and eastern San Pedro. The Vimpyca Foundation is finishing 84 homes. Future schemes include 104 flats on Avenida Arias de Velasco and more than 250 public homes in the Hacienda Cortés-Camino de los Pescadores area.

What happens next

Now that registration has closed, the town hall will publish provisional and then definitive lists of applicants. The homes will be allocated by draw before a notary before the end of the year. Keys are expected to be handed over before the end of 2027.

Source: www.diariosur.es