Summary of the meeting ( main points)

The Secretary of Gen Cat  dept Habitatge  Sra Carme Trilla I Bellart   explained  to the assistants of the meeting   the following :

- In 1984  appears the 1st norm about obtaining cedula of habitabilitat . before 1984 did not exist as a norm .
- Viviendas before 1984 had like a second class cedula , after 1984  is a 1st class cedula.
- It is essential that he town hall acknowledges  the vivienda in the certificate.
- From 1984  the law states that any vivienda has to have a cedula .
- The government of Generalitat  understands the present problem with cedulas and its difficulty in getting them.
- There are  4  professional bodies involved in  the issue of cedulas . Architects , Town hall tecnicos and mayors ,Consell comarcal tecnico , Department of habitatge in Tortosa.   
- Generalitat de Catalunya Departament of  medi Ambient I Habitatge  Will notify the Town halls( ayuntamientos ) about  how to deal with the management of the cedulas. They will apply the law 18/2007
- Basically they will distinguish between  houses built before 1984  and houses built  after 1984 , also if the land is  1- urban , 2-classed to become urban   or 3- rustic non urban .
- Generalitat dept Habitatge  will have a meeting with town halls   and will give them a model  of certificate for them to fill in when somebody applies for a certificate in views of  getting a cedula. This certificate will be the same for all town halls . It will be ready by the end of June  beginning of July.
- If your house was built before 1984 in  urban land  or classed to become urban  there will be no problem in getting the cedula. 
- If your house was built before   1984  in  rustic land   as far as  the town hall acknowledges the house  there will be no problem in getting the cedula .
-If your house was built after 1984   in urban land or classed to become urban and the town hall acknowledges the house then there will be no problem in getting the cedula.
-If your house was built after 1984  in rustic land ( no urban  or non classed to become urban ) then you will not get the cedula .
- In this last case , the property can be sold as far as it is stated in the transaction with notario that  is a casa de campo , almacen or building for farming purposes  and not used as a vivienda.
- The Secretary Sra Carme Trilla  pointed out also that there is no law about  the need to have a cedula  to have the padron . Only that each town hall has its own bylaw  and it seems  some are asking for the cedula  , however  everybody living in Spain needs to have a padron  regardless of having a  cedula.  Town halls  need to know who lives where  and from how long .
- Lastly  the same Habitatge law  that inforces the habitability of a house and to have a cedula also is inforcing  that anybody in business or dealing with property  will have to be registered and have an homologation number  in the Generalitat dept habitatge  , only professionals  that  become competent  will be able  to have this homologation number  given by the Generalitat dept habitatge .  Inmobiliarias will have to have at least one  professional  with homologation number working for them . By the end of this year .