{"id":103630,"date":"2020-07-31T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=103630"},"modified":"2020-07-31T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:25:15","slug":"covid-19-news-rent-mortgages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/covid-19-news-rent-mortgages\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: News on Rent and Mortgages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you bought or rented a home in Barcelona? It is important that you know the new measures approved by the Government to protect tenants and property owners. Today this article by ShBarcelona<\/a>\u00a0focuses on exactly that.<\/b><\/p>\n

The pandemic has revolutionized the housing sector in Spain. Real estate websites have noted a considerable increase in searches outside urban centers, or near the coast. Given the possibility of undergoing a new lockdown, together with the implementation of working from home, the option of living in a larger house with a terrace or near the sea, thereby improving quality of life, starts to be seen as a real possibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barcelona seems to be a highly coveted destination for many<\/span> European teleworkers<\/b>, as it contains an interesting mix of attributes: excellent geographical location, climate, security, a good atmosphere and gastronomy. These ingredients, which have always established it as an attractive location for tourists, now also position it as an excellent city in which to live.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Although teleworking may be the natural way to acquire or rent a home, it should be borne in mind that those foreigners who have sufficient income and who do not need to work to support themselves, can settle in our country by obtaining a <\/span>non-work residence permit<\/b> that must be requested from the Spanish Consulate in the country of origin or residence of the applicant. In this case, it is advisable to prove the availability of accommodation in Spain. This can be a rented property or house.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there is a third case. That is a <\/span>foreign worker or self-employed person<\/b> who has been living in Barcelona for years, but who is now in a vulnerable economic situation, having been affected by an <\/span>ERTE<\/span><\/i> or having had their income reduced considerably as a result of COVID-19 if they are self-employed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this case, what measures have been approved in the housing sector to protect those groups hardest hit by the pandemic?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Related article: What are the extraordinary labour measures for Covid-19?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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