The authorities of the Valencian Community have referred cases concerning abuses in the allocation of social housing at Les Naus in Alicante to court. Cases have been sent to the prosecutor's office where several members of the same family received separate apartments, as well as units that remain unoccupied. The investigation revealed that 46 out of 140 apartments have no one registered. The Generalitat continues to analyze cases and transfers any "issues that do not match" to the judiciary.
Familial Abuse in Allocation
Cases were detected where three brothers and two cousins from the same family each received an apartment in the Les Naus block.
Empty Social Housing
Out of 140 apartments in the building, 46 remain without any registered persons, indicating they are unoccupied.
Legal Proceedings
The Valencian Government has referred cases of persons actually living in but not being official VPO beneficiaries to court.
Ongoing Case Review
The Generalitat continues to review social housing case files in Alicante and forwards any irregularities to the court.
Scale of the Problem
Over ten cases have been detected where several members of the same family received apartments in Les Naus.
The autonomous authorities of the Valencian Community have initiated legal proceedings regarding widespread abuses detected in the allocation of social housing (VPO) at the Les Naus complex in Alicante. Cases have been referred to the prosecutor's office concerning, among others, persons who actually occupy the units but are not their legally assigned beneficiaries. Among the irregularities uncovered, cases of familial appropriation of apartments deserve particular attention. Press reports indicate a specific example where three brothers and two of their cousins – all from the same family – each received an apartment in the same building, constituting a flagrant violation of the rules for granting public housing assistance. „Seguimos revisando expedientes y trasladamos al juzgado cuestiones que no casan.” (We continue reviewing files and transferring to the court issues that do not match.) — Valencian Government Furthermore, the inspection revealed a shocking rate of vacant units. Out of 140 apartments in Les Naus, 46 have not a single person registered, strongly suggesting these units are not being used by eligible persons at all, representing a waste of public housing resources. The VPO (Vivienda de Protección Oficial) system is a Spanish program of public social housing with controlled rent, aimed at providing access to housing for low-income families. Allocation rules are strictly regulated and should prevent the concentration of benefits within a narrow group, especially within a single family. The scale of detected irregularities, encompassing "over ten cases" of multiple allocations within a family and dozens of empty units, indicates the existence of an organized system of abuse. The action by the autonomous authorities, who are actively reviewing files and transferring cases to the courts, constitutes a response to the long-standing housing scandal in Alicante. These measures aim to recover improperly allocated apartments and return them to the pool intended for the truly needy.