Service for town councilsHousing and population
Housing mapping: which houses there are, how they are used and who needs them
A service for town councils, districts and municipal associations. We survey the village house by house with its people, record who is looking for a home and hand it all over in a tool owned by the town council, which shows which closed-up houses could be rented out again.
00 · The problem
Villages with closed-up houses and people who cannot find a place to live
Many villages have more homes than residents, and yet anyone who wants to stay or move there cannot find a house. The problem is not just a shortage of homes: nobody has the full picture of which houses there are, how they are used and why they are closed.
Young people wanting to leave home, people who work in the area and want to stay, families from elsewhere with ties to the village. Often they do not know whom to ask.
Homes closed because of an inheritance, pending renovation or the owners’ fear of renting, and second homes that are hardly used. They do not appear on any property portal.
01 · The tool
Try it yourself: the town council’s map
The full tool is private: each town council logs in with its own account, sees only its village and updates each house. Here is its public view, the same one published on our website. Move around the map or open it full screen.
02 · The key
Every house, with its opportunity and its next step
Every time someone records something about a house, from the form, with a note or with «Tell by voice», the tool re-assesses it: it gives it a priority, says what kind of opportunity there is and suggests what can be done. Then the town council logs in «Follow-up» how conversations with the family are going.
The situations it tells apart · tap one
And a priority to organise the work. A rental potential index adds up points for the house’s use, water consumption, condition and tourist use.
The tool does not rent out houses: it shows where it is worth knocking on a door and with what proposal. Knowing which houses have potential, and what is holding them back, lets you talk to the right person with a specific offer. That is how the service moves the market and gets some closed-up houses lived in again.
03 · What the town council can do
Giving owners reasons to rent
With the map in hand, the town council knows whom to call. And it can come with an offer that removes the usual fears: security, trust in who will move in and some incentive. Choose what an owner might say:
The grants, tax relief and amounts are examples: each town council adapts them to its by-laws and current regulations.
04 · How we work
Four phases, from the land registry to proposals
This is the method we apply in every municipality. It was born in Ansó, where the association is based, and has already been applied to an entire valley. Tap each phase.
05 · Where the data comes from
The land registry, plus what the village knows
The land registry says what was built, but not how each house is used. That is why the mapping combines several sources and records, house by house, what is really there.
The tool counts only real homes: each registry reference is checked and what is really there is recorded (one home, several, part of another, an annex…).
06 · Privacy by design
Data about houses, not people
Working with housing means working with sensitive information. That is why the tool and the method were designed from the start to store the minimum and show only what is needed.
07 · Where it already works
From one village to an entire valley
The service grew out of the Ansó experience and has already been applied in the seven municipalities of the Roncal Valley.
08 · For your municipality
A service tailored to your area
The mapping adapts to a municipality, a municipal association or an entire valley. At the end, the town council has a living tool to track each house, its own diagnosis and proposals to bring homes onto the rental market.
What the town council gets
Request your proposal
Tell us about your municipality and we will prepare a proposal
No commitment. With these details we can estimate the fieldwork and timeline.
No house should stay closed for lack of a map
Tell us about housing in your municipality and we will work out together how to map it.