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least 6,238 empty apartments in the country in 2021, almost 15% of the total number of properties.
The reasons for this “underutilised” housing are varied (second or third homes, apartments for sale,
inheritances and other circumstances), as demonstrated by the low revenue from the tax on empty
housing in 2022, only €5,037, the lowest from all existing taxes. This tax is charged on housing that
has been unoccupied without justification for at least two years.

As for public policies adopted to favour access
to home ownership, the Government has GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS. SETTLED
approved a programme of public guarantees PUBLIC INVESTMENT* BY PROGRAMMES Table 11.2
for purchasing an apartment for the first (categories)
time and for use as the habitual residence.
The requirements to access this guarantee Description 2021 2022
programme, for up to 20% of the value of the Administrative infrastructure 1,040,175 € 2,620,323 €
mortgage, are, among others, a minimum period Judicial infrastructure 86,307 € -
of seven years residence in the country; going Mountain huts - 349,567 €
to live in the property within twelve months; Infrastructure - Fire Station - -
that the value of the acquired housing and its Prison building - -
annexes do not exceed €450,000; that the total Health & social infrastructure 3,314,033 € 395,230 €
mortgage is no more than 35% of the income School infrastructure 4,219,821 € 713,368 €
of the family unit, and that available income Sports infrastructure 359,708 € 118,920 €
after financial obligations is at least €2,000. The Sanitation 79,293 € 285,113 €
programme has €10 million in funds and came Natural Heritage management
into effect in mid-April 2023. Together with this & conservation 145,604 € -
programme of guarantees is another of grants Cultural infrastructure 1,588,412 € 278,037 €
in which the Government, through an annual Central government 487,912 € - 89
payment, pays the beneficiary of the guarantee Main roads, road infrastructure 4,515,156 € 7,352,775 €
a part of the financial costs (interest) on the Secondary roads - 1,187,518 €
formalised loan. Access to Andorra (RN20) - 2,000,000 €
Other roads 231,469 € 457,601 €
Real investment by the Comú Machinery and equipment - 44,798 €
governments increases but that Vehicles - 88,595 €
of the central government Road maintenance 6,495,339 € -

continues to decrease. Natural risks. Protective 553,164 € 55,397 €
infrastructure
Sectoral plan. New road
As for the subsector of public works, 2022 infrastructure 6,875 € -
continued the same trend as in the previous River & stream treatment 179,979 € 779,534 €
year. On the one hand, the Comú governments Cartography & topography 158,379 € 64,712 €
increased their investment rate, while the IT applications - 1,186 €
central Government reduced it again for the Mobilitat safety equipment - 130,224 €
third consecutive year. The settled aggregate Surfacing of main and secondary Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | XI. Construction and related industries
real investment of the central and Comú roads and streets - 2,481,202 €
governments (chapter 6 of the Budget) is Industrial infrastructure 264,554 € 827,441 €
€68.1 million, 7.1% more than in 2021 (€63.6 Strategic & transport projects 193,464 € -
million). This is the second consecutive year of National Housing Institute - 162,870 €
increase, after the decline in 2020 due to the Publicly-developed housing
pandemic, regaining the upward trend in public (Borda Nova) - 363,709 €
investment that had been seen since 2017. Total 23,919,644 € 20,758,119 €
*Amount of settled public works relating to investment by the
In relation to the Government, settled Ministry of Land and Housing.
investment (chapter 6) rose in 2022 to €23.1
million, a figure that represents a decline of Source: Ministry of Land and Town Planning.