The Decree from the Andalucía Junta Regarding the Regularization of Housing.
Over the last few months there has been a lot of speculation in the press regarding, the soon to be published, Decree on the Regularization of Housing in rural areas from the Andalucía Junta.
It’s true that on 10th January the Department of Public Works and housing of the Andalucía Junta advanced a draft of this decree, but to date, in spite of numerous press releases about this decree, which is intended to legalize much of the housing illegally constructed on rural plots, it has still not been officially published in the BOJA (Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía). Therefore, we don’t know the exact terms of this new directive, nor the date when it comes into effect, or even the real scope of the decree. So we would recommend that you don’t rely on what’s written in the papers.
We would suggest that you wait until the decree is officially published in the BOJA so that you know exactly what the final content of the decree is and are sure that the legal implications for the regularization of the situation are clear. The thousands of properties that were built illegally on undevelopable land over the last few years have to be regularized to make people aware of their legal obligations and so that the law can be enforced and upheld.
We will be following this closely, and as soon as the decree is officially published we will study and analyze it, then we will publish our comments and guidelines for you.
Manilva Solicitors