Logroño mayor Conrado Escobar presented a fresh push for major housing projects on 19 October 2026, at the opening of the Debate sobre el Estado de la Ciudad In the area of Cascajos Sur there are plans for 3,000 homes , of which 40 per cent in Vivienda de Protección Oficial. The city also intends to revive the Río Batán with 180 homes sector; almost a hundred of these units are planned as protected housing. Escobar did not give specific timetables or costs, or say when construction might begin.
The announcement marks an attempt to expand the housing supply in Logroño significantly and increase the proportion of price-controlled units. Escobar presented the projects as a priority for the current legislative term and pointed to the programme’s social focus. According to him, the administration is preparing the next planning steps. The mayor did not specify which instruments would be used or in what order they would be approved.
Politically, the scale of the project and the implementation of the protected-housing quota are contentious. In recent months, opposition parties in Logroño have repeatedly called for greater transparency in VPO allocations and clear criteria for awarding them. Supporters, by contrast, point to rising housing needs and the need to develop new sites with social obligations. The mix now announced is intended, according to the town hall, to achieve both: create additional capacity and secure a substantial share of subsidised housing.
Both projects still require key procedural steps. Before construction can usually begin, urban development agreements, council resolutions, environmental and infrastructure assessments, and site servicing plans are needed. The “revival” of Río Batán suggests that preparatory plans already existed there and are now to be taken up again. Given its scale, Cascajos Sur is likely to be developed in stages; the city has not provided details of the phasing.
According to Escobar, the city administration plans to carry out more detailed assessments and prepare further resolutions in the coming weeks. Public debate over density, land policy and oversight of VPO quotas is likely to continue shaping political life in Logroño. Tenders, site servicing and construction can begin only after formal resolutions have been passed.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).