How long must I have been registered on the padrón?

The rules set no minimum. For purchase and rent you must be registered at the home when you apply and actually live on La Palma.

Can I combine it with the Bono Alquiler Joven?

The Cabildo allows other aid as long as the total does not exceed the rent. What the Bono allows is set by its own rules.

Is it first come, first served?

Not for purchase or rent: if the money runs short, everyone is cut equally. Only for renovation does filing time decide, and only on a tie in points.

When is the money paid?

The Cabildo has six months from the deadline; with no decision, the application counts as rejected. Rent and renovation grants are paid in full in advance once awarded.

What must I do after an award?

Accept with Anexo V within five working days. Otherwise the application is treated as withdrawn.

La Palma: €15,000 home grant for under-36s, due 13 October

€15,000 towards a first home on La Palma, but the pot covers only 13 full grants: deadline 13 October

On 21 September the Cabildo de La Palma opened three housing grants at once: up to €15,000 for 18- to 35-year-olds who buy or build a home in 2026, half the rent up to €300 a month for young tenants, and up to €30,000 for owners who renovate an empty home and let it. Together that is €1.35 million, with 15 working days to apply for each; by our count the deadline is Tuesday 13 October 2026. The bottleneck: for purchases, €200,000 stretches to only 13 full grants, after which everyone's award is cut.

21 September 2026 · By Martin Kosinski · 5 min. · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

Buy or build: up to €15,000, but only 13 full grants

The notarial deed must be signed between 1 January 2026 and the last day of the application window, a mortgage must cover at least half the cost, and applicants may not own another home anywhere in Spain. There is no income limit. Example: someone who bought for €180,000 needs a loan of at least €90,000. The arithmetic: 200,000 divided by 15,000 is 13.3. If there are more valid applications, all are cut by the same coefficient; with 20 applications at the maximum, each would get €10,000. Co-owners receive the share matching their stake. The grant is once in a lifetime, and anyone who sells or lets the home within five years without permission must repay all of it.

Rent: half, up to €300 a month

Example: a 28-year-old paying €600 rent receives €300 a month, up to €3,600 for 2026; for a €450 room it is €225 a month or €2,700 a year. The rules set no cap on the rent itself. Applicants need a regular income for at least six months of the year and income of up to €25,200; the limit rises to €33,600 with a disability of 33% or more in the household, gender violence or large-family status. Rooms are eligible; there is one grant per contract, split between co-tenants. In round numbers, €650,000 covers about 180 maximum awards; beyond that, awards are prorated.

Renovate an empty home: up to €30,000, ranked by points

The third line is for owners, companies included, whose home on La Palma is not their main residence. Works up to €20,000 are paid in full; above that, €20,000 plus 25% of the excess, and from €60,000 a flat €30,000. The Cabildo gives its own example: €30,000 of works yields €22,500. Works since 1 January 2026 count. Here applications are ranked: up to 100 points for habitability, accessibility, energy, building age and number of bedrooms. In return, clause 13 requires five years of residential letting, no holiday letting and a rent within the state rental reference-price index.

The deadline: 15 working days, and where it runs a day longer

Under Article 30 of Ley 39/2015, weekends and public holidays do not count. Our count from Tuesday 22 September: 4 days to 25 September, 9 to 2 October, 14 to 9 October; 12 October is the national holiday, so day 15 is Tuesday 13 October. But Article 30.6 makes a day non-working if it is a holiday in the applicant's municipality or at the seat of the deciding body. According to the Canary 2026 local-holiday order (BOC no. 165/2025), Santa Cruz de La Palma has none in the window, but three municipalities do: Tazacorte on 29 September, Barlovento and Breña Baja on 7 October. Residents there have, by our count, until Wednesday 14 October.

Why the Cabildo is paying, and an objection from inside

According to the Canary government (August 2025), compensation went to 1,415 people for 800 main homes buried by the Tajogaite volcano in 2021. Across the Canaries, the Consejo de la Juventud de Canarias put the youth emancipation rate at 14.1% in the second half of 2024. The calls give no island figures. One note in all three resolutions stands out: on 2 September the Cabildo's comptroller objected that housing is a matter for the regional government. A presidential decree settled the disagreement in favour of the grants. This article is not legal advice.