Andorra's Housing Union and USdA Prepare Border Blockade Over Housing Crisis

The Andorran Housing Union (SHA) and the Andorran Trade Union (USdA) have launched the Popular Mobilisation Committee, a new platform designed to coordinate upcoming protests over housing rights and expand their demands to include working conditions and wages across the country.

The first meeting, held on Thursday, November 12, established a joint strategy for negotiations and institutional pressure. The organisations have agreed to give the Andorran Government until November 20 to respond to their demands, warning that, if the response is unsatisfactory, they will begin formal procedures with the Ministry of Justice and Interior to organise a border blockade.

An Ultimatum to the Andorran Government Until November 20

The Committee plans to present a document outlining proposed agreements to Housing Minister Conxita Marsol on Friday, November 13, for consideration by the government and parliamentary groups.

The organisations argue that Andorra's housing situation requires immediate action and that the progress achieved over the past three years of protests and negotiations must now translate into concrete solutions.

They have therefore established November 20 as the deadline for receiving a response from the government.

If their proposals do not receive what they consider a satisfactory response, the Committee will initiate discussions and administrative procedures with the Ministry of Interior to organise a border blockade, a protest measure previously raised by the Housing Union.

However, no specific date has yet been announced for the blockade, which remains conditional on the outcome of negotiations.

Trade Unions, Young People and Legal Professionals Join Forces

The Committee's first assembly brought together representatives of the Andorran Housing Union, USdA and the Andorran Youth Forum, alongside other organisations and associations operating in the Principality.

Representatives of the Alt Urgell Housing Union, individual workers and professionals from the legal and economic sectors also attended.

The organisers aim to establish a mobilisation platform that addresses not only rental prices and housing availability but also the employment conditions and wages that make access to decent housing increasingly difficult.

To maintain coordination, the organisations have agreed that the Popular Mobilisation Committee will meet every Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at La Llacuna in Andorra la Vella.

These meetings will be used to coordinate potential actions, assess their social, employment, legal and economic implications, and determine the next steps in the mobilisation campaign.

Demands for Housing Measures That Do Not Create New Vulnerabilities

According to a statement issued by the organisers, the Committee's priority is to secure effective, robust and lasting solutions that guarantee access to decent, affordable and stable housing.

The Committee also considers it essential to strengthen enforcement of existing legislation and address regulatory shortcomings that, in its view, have contributed to worsening housing insecurity.

The organisations insist that new measures must protect those affected by the housing crisis without shifting the burden onto other sectors of society or creating additional forms of vulnerability.

The creation of the Committee comes amid growing social mobilisation over housing in Andorra, with the Housing Union prepared to intensify pressure on the government if concrete commitments are not secured.

November 20 is therefore expected to be a decisive date, determining whether negotiations can move towards an agreement or whether the organisations begin preparations for a new protest at the border.