The housing crisis in the Canary Islands is worsening due to the lack of public supply. According to official data from ICAVI, the last fiscal year ended with a symbolic delivery of eight homes, all located in the El Sequero neighborhood, in the municipality of Ingenio. This development, intended for social rent for low-income households, involved an investment of over 1.6 million euros.

The contrast with previous years is significant. While in 2010, 325 homes were allocated with a waiting list of 1,818 people, the current trend shows prolonged stagnation. Between 2017 and 2021, the system recorded zero deliveries, and in 2023 the figure was also zero, despite the number of applicants growing steadily.

Experts and social organizations point to the existence of a stock of vacant homes in the archipelago exceeding 211,000 units, according to data from the National Statistics Institute. Organizations such as Provivienda suggest that mobilizing a portion of this stock could alleviate the housing emergency, given that current public housing represents only between 1.7% and 3% of the total residential stock, placing the islands far from the European target of 10%.