Publication of the book “A new legal regime of urban leases for Catalonia to facilitate access to housing”

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, Dr. Héctor Simón Moreno and Dr. Elga Molina Roig have co-directed the book “Un nou dret d’arrendaments urbans per a Catalunya per a afavorir l’accés a l’habitatge” (Atelier, 2018) (A new legal regime of urban leases for Catalonia to facilitate access to housing), in which other researchers of the Chair have also been involved. This work is the result of seven years studying and comparing the tenancy regimes of the 28 member countries of the European Union, and proposes a model of urban leases based on the one followed by our three neighbouring countries with the highest tenancy rate (Germany, Switzerland and Austria). This model served as the basis for the guidelines of a working group set up by the Secretariat of Housing of the Generalitat of Catalonia during the years 2016 and 2017, and now has the opportunity to support a new legal regime of urban leases that, taking into consideration the interests and the rights of the two parts of the contractual relationship, can facilitate access to this land tenure and make it a real alternative to homeownership.