Recurrent: Civil Society Foundation
Recurred resolution: R/0840/2024
The Fundación Ciudad-Civio requested to know the price for which SAREB bought each of the protected homes that are part of its assets, with an indication of the entity to which it was purchased, date and municipality of location. Information was also requested on how many of these shelters had been sold, the price and date of sale and the acquiring entity; and whether the information referred to individual shelters or housing packages.
The SAREB issued a resolution in which it showed that the extremes relating to the date of acquisition and sale of real estate assets, and municipalities of location, were already transferred on the occasion of the execution of the previous resolution of this Council R CTBG 1043/2023; and that, according to the aforementioned resolution, it was not appropriate to facilitate the purchase and sale price insofar as its disclosure would cause harm to the economic and commercial interests of the company by directly affecting its commercial strategy.
The claimant foundation makes, with this new request, a concretion of the one previously made, pretending that the same information is provided (location of the home, date and price of acquisition and date and price of sale; and if it is a case of individual homes or packages of homes) but only with respect to protected homes. The main argument underpinning this new petition is the special nature of protected housing; understanding that, in such cases, the public interest prevails in access to price information over the protection of the company’s economic and commercial interests. However, in the opinion of this Council, this new element does not detract from what has already been resolved in its previous pronouncement.
Consequently, the Council dismisses the claim taking into account the information that had already been provided to the claimant foundation in execution of the previous resolution of this Council R CTBG 1043/2023, considering justified the concurrence at the current time of the limit provided in article 14.1.h) LTAIBG.