I Asked AI (Again) How to Fix the Housing Crisis

AI proposes a range of solutions for the housing crisis, focusing on increasing supply through land and efficient construction, as well as mobilizing existing housing stock and regulating tourist rentals.

The artificial intelligence has set to work to try and unblock the complicated housing issue. Its proposals revolve around two main axes: on the one hand, increasing the available supply and, on the other, better managing the existing housing stock.

## Increasing Housing Supply

One of the keys highlighted by AI is the need to facilitate the emergence of new developable land, known as 'suelo finalista' (ready-to-build land). This involves streamlining procedures so that the necessary urban planning management instruments can be approved. In parallel, there is a commitment to more efficient construction methods, such as **industrialized construction**, which promise to reduce both execution times and building costs.

## Mobilizing Existing Stock

In addition to building more, AI insists on the importance of bringing housing that is currently vacant or underutilized onto the market. To achieve this, it proposes incentivizing owners through aid for the rehabilitation of these properties. Another fundamental point is the expansion of the **public rental housing stock**, which in Spain stands at a meager **1.5%**, well below the European average. Finally, it suggests stricter regulation of **tourist rentals** in particularly strained areas and the need to guarantee greater legal certainty for tenants and owners, thus aiming to foster a stable rental supply.