MADRID, 17 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has assured that in 20 years the objective of achieving 20% of public housing in Spain will be achieved.
In an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press, the minister has admitted that Spain starts with 3% public housing, a “dramatic” situation that makes the objective “ambitious”.
Sánchez has blamed the Popular Party’s land liberalization policies for this starting point, as well as the sale of public housing to vulture funds.
“Obviously, from here we have set ourselves an objective, the housing law already regulates it in this way, that is, to reach that objective in an approximate period of 20 years. The 20% that is a response is an objective ambitious, it is clear”, has added.
Sánchez has specified that the Housing Law prohibits public housing from being sold and thus guarantees a permanent qualification of that protected housing.
To build this public housing stock, the Government set an initial goal of 20,000 affordable rental homes, which have later risen to 100,000, available to the autonomous communities and town halls.
In addition, this Sunday, the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced that 50,000 Sareb homes will also be allocated to this public housing stock.
The minister has assured that some 14,000 are already for affordable rent and another 21,000 are in different degrees of development, and will be made available to autonomous communities and town halls.
In reference to the future Housing Law, the minister has also explained that they want to avoid real estate speculation operations, which cause rental prices to not be subject to any type of control or control.
However, he has emphasized that the law “favors everyone” and does not go against anyone, so he has avoided speaking out against the “vulture funds” and has asked them to guarantee “good conditions.” In addition, he has urged the private sector to be encouraged to build public housing.
With regard to large holders, Sánchez has indicated that agreements have been made with financial institutions to set up a social fund, which is why we need the private sector.
Sánchez has recognized that in the negotiation there have been different proposals on rents, and has ensured that “the best” has been chosen.
In this way, the ceiling for 2024 will be 3%, and from 2025, an index based on the CPI will be applied, which will respond “to variations in the real estate market.”
“It has been a law that has been rigorously worked on, that has been worked on based on the analysis of the impact that this law can have”, said Sánchez, and stressed the “unequivocal will to carry out the first housing law in the democracy in our country.
