The new legal framework for conversion and revitalization of the construction and housing sector

Abstract

Nowadays, the building and housing sector is in such an extremely difficult situation that has prompted a deep consideration about a productive model which shows clear structural problems. Particularly notable of this model are the expanding characteristics and the excessive support on new housing construction. In this context, a restructuring of this particular field of the economic activity is proposed in order to be directed towards the existing city, instead of a growing city, by regenerating the urban structure, restoring buildings and stimulating house renting. In addition, authorities should deal in their political plans with an increasingly rife problem: the strengthening of urban actions implemented on the fringes of the urban law.