Adeje Town Hall has taken a major step toward expanding the municipality’s supply of affordable housing. At the plenary session held on December 4, councillors from PSOE, Unidas Podemos, and the Partido Popular voted in favour of transferring two plots of public land valued at €1.3 million to the Municipal Services Company of Adeje (EMSA). Coalición Canaria and Vox abstained.
The transferred plots, totalling over 3,000 square metres, are located in Los Olivos near the secondary school and Las Nieves. The land will be used to build approximately 90 new affordable homes, with architectural projects already commissioned. This allows technical and administrative work to begin immediately, and the first visible works on the ground are expected before summer 2026.
This move forms part of the wider Adeje Housing Plan, coordinated by Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga and supported by multiple municipal departments. The goal is to create around 200 affordable homes within six years, with other parcels of land already under study for development.
The mayor emphasised the municipality’s commitment:
“We are fully committed to providing real solutions to the housing problem… Our commitment is clear, to ensure that families can access decent and affordable housing.”
Adeje faces particular pressure due to its role as one of the Canary Islands’ major economic hubs, generating more employment than other areas and attracting thousands of workers who need local accommodation.
Earlier this year, Adeje also transferred two other plots to the regional government to build 51 homes in Armeñime. However, that project is currently experiencing delays at ICAVI level, and the Town Hall has requested updates. In April, Adeje additionally asked the regional government to designate the municipality as a stressed housing area, under Spain’s national Housing Law (12/2023).
Beyond construction itself, the Town Hall plans to ensure that new residential districts include essential services such as schools, public facilities, commercial spaces, green areas, and community zones — part of the “new city” model promoting localised economies and reduced travel.
The Housing Plan also incorporates rental and renovation grants, emergency support for rental arrears or utilities, and specific aid for young people under 35 purchasing homes in the Canary Islands.
Adeje has a proven history in public housing: in the early 2000s, the municipality promoted or refurbished around 1,000 homes, significantly easing the housing situation at the time. The economic crisis and the property bubble later forced the suspension of the municipal Housing Agency — now reactivated to meet today’s urgent demand for residential solutions.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Adeje