Does every household automatically get 2,000 euros?

No. 2,000 euros is the ceiling per application and household. The amount follows the documented eligible expense, the need as assessed by social services and the funds available.

Must the relative be on the PERE register?

Not necessarily. PERE registration is one of four routes; birth in El Pinar or descent to the second degree, recent returnees with a tie to the municipality, and a documented family tie to the applicant are also accepted.

What is the IPREM in 2026?

Unchanged: 20 euros a day, 600 euros a month, 7,200 euros a year, 8,400 euros where 14 payments apply. Law 31/2022 set those figures for 2023; they still apply because no new state budget has been passed.

Can the aid be combined with other benefits?

Yes, as long as the total does not exceed the real cost. Other grants must be reported to the council.

What happens if the spending is not documented?

The money must be repaid. Grounds for recovery are false statements, use for another purpose, failure to account and obstruction of checks.

CANARY ISLANDS · SOCIETY

Up to 2,000 euros per household: El Pinar helps families with relatives in Venezuela

El Pinar de El Hierro will pay residents up to 2,000 euros per application and household where relatives in Venezuela were hit by the earthquakes of 24 June 2026. The aid covers urgent travel, taking relatives in, accommodation, medicines and basic goods. The rules have been in the official gazette of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife since Friday. Applications are open for a year, subject to available funds; no total budget figure is given.

26 September 2026 · By Lucía Medina Reyes · 5 min. · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

Photo: Erik del Toro Streb, CC BY-SA 4.0 (illustrative image).

What the gazette says

Legal basis: BOP Santa Cruz de Tenerife no. 115 of 25 September 2026, notice 4094 (reg. 1,947,810) — plenary agreement no. 8 of 10 September 2026, file 2026/1698.
Maximum: "hasta DOS MIL EUROS (2.000,00 €) por solicitud y núcleo familiar" — up to 2,000 euros per application and household.
Background: a motion from the council groups, passed unanimously by the plenary on 7 July 2026 under point 12.02; the 10 September agreement carried with eight votes in favour.
Deadline: applications "durante un año (1)" from publication, that is until 25 September 2027, "condicionadas a la disponibilidad presupuestaria" — budget line BSO2310048011, with no total figure.
The quakes: the US Geological Survey recorded two earthquakes on 24 June 2026 at 22:04 and 22:05 UTC, of moment magnitude 7.2 (near San Felipe) and 7.5 (near Catia La Mar), both ten kilometres deep.

Direct award, not a competition

The council relies on articles 8.3 and 17 of subsidy law 38/2003 and awards the aid as a "concesión directa", on humanitarian and social grounds. There is no ranking and no competition between applications: anyone who meets the conditions and documents the need can receive money while funds last. Assessment falls to a commission made up of the social affairs councillor and two municipal specialists, and the mayor's office decides.

Who can apply, and who counts as affected

Applicants must be adults, registered in El Pinar and actually living there, with at least six months on the municipal roll; exceptions only with a social report. They must also stay within the income limit, have accounted for earlier municipal aid, and show a family tie to a person living in an area declared an emergency zone or particularly affected. For that affected person the rules name four routes: registration in the PERE, the register of Spaniards resident abroad, attached to the municipality of El Pinar; birth in El Pinar or direct descent to the second degree from someone born there; recent returnees with a tie to the municipality who lost their home; or a family tie to the applicant. Annex I additionally lists ascendants and relatives by marriage.

The IPREM: an access threshold, not a sliding scale

The rules include a table of IPREM multiples by household size: 3.5 for one person, 4 for two, 4.5 for three, 5 for four, 5.5 for five, 6 for six and 6.5 for more than six. The column is headed "Límite económicos de acceso a la ayuda", and base four refers to it in exactly those terms: as an income limit for access. The sentence introducing the table, by contrast, says the amount of the aid will be granted "according to the following scale". On the wording of the remaining provisions it is a threshold, not a scale for the payment.

Working it out

The IPREM is Spain's reference figure for social benefits. It was last set by additional provision 90 of budget law 31/2022 for 2023: 20 euros a day, 600 euros a month, 7,200 euros a year, and 8,400 euros where 14 payments are counted. Because no new state budget has been passed since — the finance ministry lists 2026 as a rolled-over budget — those figures still apply. Which of them the rules mean, they do not say. A multiple of 3.5 therefore gives 25,200 or 29,400 euros a year, or 2,100 euros a month; for four people at a multiple of 5 it is 36,000, 42,000 or 3,000 euros a month. The cap works separately: document 2,600 euros and you receive at most 2,000 euros; document 850 euros and you receive at most 850 euros.

Why a municipality of 2,042 decides this

According to the Spanish statistics institute INE, 147,051 people with Spanish nationality were registered in the PERE as residents of Venezuela on 1 January 2026. Of those, 58,264 — a good 39 per cent — are registered in the Canary provinces: 51,983 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and 6,281 in Las Palmas. The INE does not break the figures down by country and individual municipality, so there is no official figure for El Pinar alone. The municipality itself had an official 2,042 inhabitants on 1 January 2025; it is the youngest in the Canaries, split off from La Frontera in 2007 as number 88. Other tiers are helping too: the Cabildo of El Hierro announced 400,000 euros from its contingency fund, according to Atlántico Hoy on 6 July; the regional government is continuing its aid into 2027, according to Libertad Digital.

Gather the paperwork before you apply. For expenses not yet incurred an estimate or a proforma invoice is enough — so you do not have to pay for a flight up front in order to claim it. You also need ID, a residence and household certificate, proof of income for every member of the household, documents proving the family tie, and proof of residence in the affected area. Relatives abroad request the PERE certificate from their consulate. Applications go to the Registro General at the town hall (+34 922 558 085, elpinardeelhierro@aytoelpinar.org); if something is missing, you have ten working days to put it right.

The rules give no total figure, only the budget line, and make every award conditional on "adecuado y suficiente" credit being available. Because this is a direct award with no competition, applications are handled as they arrive — what happens if the money runs out before the deadline, the text does not say. It is also left open whether the monthly, the 7,200-euro or the 8,400-euro IPREM sets the limit. The one-year period runs from publication of "the present public call"; if that is the 25 September publication, it ends on 25 September 2027. After payment there are 30 days to account for how the money was spent. And the aid confers no residence rights.

FAQ

Does every household automatically get 2,000 euros?: No. 2,000 euros is the ceiling per application and household. The amount follows the documented eligible expense, the need as assessed by social services and the funds available.
Must the relative be on the PERE register?: Not necessarily. PERE registration is one of four routes; birth in El Pinar or descent to the second degree, recent returnees with a tie to the municipality, and a documented family tie to the applicant are also accepted.
What is the IPREM in 2026?: Unchanged: 20 euros a day, 600 euros a month, 7,200 euros a year, 8,400 euros where 14 payments apply. Law 31/2022 set those figures for 2023; they still apply because no new state budget has been passed.
Can the aid be combined with other benefits?: Yes, as long as the total does not exceed the real cost. Other grants must be reported to the council.
What happens if the spending is not documented?: The money must be repaid. Grounds for recovery are false statements, use for another purpose, failure to account and obstruction of checks.

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