Sareb land in Elche will not be used for the 300 public homes announced

The land in Elche’s sector E-21, which had been linked to a possible development of up to 300 public homes, had already been sold to private developers. On 18 March, the Town Hall said the plot did not belong to Casa 47 and that the state-owned entity had no land for public housing in the city.

The claim that Casa 47 had been given the land came from the local PSOE, which asked the Town Hall to contact the entity. The Town Hall disputed that account and said Sareb had sold the land more than a year earlier.

Sector E-21 is next to Altabix-Universidad, in the area around Avinguda de Jubalcoi. The figure of up to 300 homes referred to the residential potential attributed to Sareb’s plots, not to a public housing development under way.

Work to develop the sector was completed in 2023, after four years. The municipal project described five plots: one for municipal facilities, three privately owned residential plots and another privately owned plot for industrial use.

The clarification affects expectations for public housing in Elche: the plots in question are not part of a Casa 47 project. In September 2026, the state-owned entity announced a call for applications for affordable rental housing, offering 645 homes from Sareb in several regions, including the Valencian Community. That initiative is separate from the land sold in E-21.

News produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.