The flats are for minors from Menorca, Eivissa and Formentera and other towns in Mallorca, and will enable Aspanob to double its housing stock.
The IBAVI has added 176 homes agreed with social entities and other public administrations for different vulnerable groups.
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The IBAVI gives the Aspanob association three flats in Palma for children and young people suffering from cancer who receive treatment at Son Espases
The Institut Balear de l’Habitatge (IBAVI) has granted the Asociación de Familias de Menores con Cáncer de las Illes Balears (Aspanob) three homes in Palma for children and young people suffering from cancer who receive treatment at the Son Espases hospital. This is the first transfer of IBAVI housing to Aspanob in 25 years, since the late 1990s. The councillor for Housing, Territory and Mobility, José Luis Mateo, accompanied by the manager of IBAVI, Roberto María Cayuela, signed the collaboration agreement with the president of Aspanob, Jaume Coll.
The agreement aims to allocate the properties to minors with oncohaematological diseases from Menorca, Eivissa Formentera and other towns in Mallorca, who must receive treatment at the Son Espases University Hospital. The homes, with three bedrooms and a surface area of between 83 and 91 m², will be rotating and will be used to meet the temporary needs of the young people and their families for the duration of the treatment.
With this agreement with the IBAVI, the Aspanob association will double its housing stock, from the current three homes to six. The properties ceded are located in Palma and will be added to the other three flats that this entity has (two owned, for which it pays a mortgage, and one rented). Aspanob will manage and administer the three IBAVI flats, for which it will pay 250 euros a month, taxes and expenses excluded.
In this sense, Aspanob has expressed its satisfaction with this agreement, as it allows them to double their housing stock without making a large outlay. The IBAVI flats have three bedrooms and a useful surface area of between 82.74 and 91.42 m². According to Aspanob, as they are temporary and depending on the needs, they can accommodate more than one family per flat. At the moment, the homes are in the process of being fitted out and are expected to be made available during the month of February.
As highlighted by the councillor Mateo, with the transfer of these three homes to Aspanob, the IBAVI now has 176 homes agreed with third sector entities or public administrations for vulnerable people, to cater for different groups or specific situations. Of the total, 81 are for emergency housing situations, 42 for people with physical or mental disabilities, 28 for minors or young people at risk of social exclusion and 25 for victims of gender violence.
In this new agreement, the agreement with Aspanob has a duration of four years, extendable for a further four years. Aspanob is a non-profit organisation created in 1987 by a group of parents to improve the quality of life of children and young people with cancer and their families. The association is part of the Spanish Federation of Parents of Children with Cancer and has been declared of public utility by the Spanish Government since 1999.