Housing. The block will have 234 homes, awarded with affordable rents and leaseholds.
Illa Acer, with 234 protected homes, 172 of them with affordable rents and 62 with leaseholds, will provide housing for nearly 600 people and strengthen La Marina del Prat Vermell as one of the most important hubs for protected housing in the city. The registration process for the promotion is now open to people on the Barcelona register of applicants for officially protected housing. The project entails a municipal investment of 32.8 million euros, with the flats due to be handed over in the first quarter of 2026.
The block is located where the streets of Acer, Motors, Cal Cisó and Ascó converge, in the neighbourhood of La Marina del Prat Vermell, in the district of Sants Montjuïc. With 234 homes, the project is the city’s second largest protected housing development, after Illa Glòries.
The development consists of two blocks and five staircases, combining 172 flats with affordable rents and 62 with leaseholds, a formula that guarantees the land will remain in municipal hands. Illa Acer will provide housing for nearly 600 people and will also have parking spaces for cars, including 12 adapted spaces, 54 for motorcycles and 256 for bicycles.
Application period
The application period is open until 26 June at 2.30 pm and is exclusive for people already on the Barcelona register of applicants for officially protected housing who meet the requirements set out in the terms and conditions. The application can be made online on the website or in person at housing offices. Once the application period closes a provisional list will be published, with the draw to be held in the fourth quarter of 2025.
La Marina, a neighbourhood in transformation
With nearly 12,000 homes planned for the neighbourhood, around 50% of them protected, La Marina del Prat Vermell has become one of the main hubs for the growth of protected housing in the city. Since 2023, some 212 public homes have been handed over, a figure set to grow by 234 next year with the Illa Acer. In parallel, work is progressing on other developments: 119 homes by Habitat Metròpolis Barcelona, 362 by Incasòl and HMB, 85 managed by social organisations and a further 111 to be awarded through the site competitions of Acer and Ascó.