The Government is providing aid for DANA with 60,000 euros for housing and 10,300 euros for household appliances

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, appeared this Tuesday at Moncloa to announce the set of measures and aid approved by the Council of Ministers and “intended for those affected by DANA”. First, the Executive declared the most affected areas of the Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia, Catalonia and Aragon, as “areas seriously affected by an emergency – what was previously called a catastrophic zone”. In addition, the government approved an “emergency decree-law in which all economic, labor and tax aid are grouped”.

At the start of his appearance, Sánchez detailed the deployment of professionals and machines, although he recognized that it is not enough because “there is still a lack of affected companies, businesses and families to locate, and that This is why we must continue to work.” All measures will be framed “in an immediate response plan, reconstruction and recovery of the Valencian Community”, in three phases, which will last as long as necessary and will end with “a transformation of the territory to adapt it to the climate emergency “. .”

In the first phase of this Plan, the first phase is “immediate response”, the measures of which will be available and highlighted on the Moncloa website. “All these measures are inspired by the experience accumulated in the government’s crisis management”, particularly after the pandemic and after the La Palma volcano.

Up to 60,000 euros for accommodation

“We are going to quadruple the planned public aid and make it universal, with no income threshold, so that all households can benefit from it,” explained the president of the government. Concretely, there are “72,000 euros for cases of disability; between 20,000 and 60,000 euros for the repair of damaged housing; and up to 10,300 euros to repair or change furniture or household appliances.

Help for damaged cars

The President of the Government also announced that the Insurance Compensation Consortium would begin tomorrow to pay the first compensation to families and businesses who lost their vehicles. These compensations will be 20% higher than the vehicle appraisals. “Having a car is essential to return to normality,” said Pedro Sánchez.

Independents and businesses

Sánchez announced direct aid to self-employed workers and businesses. The President of the Government indicated that these “will range between 10,000 and 150,000 euros” for companies, depending on their volume of operations to receive them.

The President indicated that they will be processed “as easily as possible”, for which he indicated that “the bank account number will be sufficient” and that he should receive the “payment in less than 30 days”. According to government estimates, these measures will benefit “65,000 self-employed workers and around 30,000 businesses”, mainly small and medium-sized businesses.

Municipalities

The Council of Ministers also approved measures aimed at strengthening the financial resources of the municipalities concerned, so that “they can provide the best possible service to citizens in these very difficult circumstances”.

The central government will cover 100% of the emergency expenses incurred by the municipalities affected by DANA for the removal of debris, goods, the supply of drinking water, etc. It will also cover up to 50%. work that has been carried out. town halls “in the months and years to come” to repair infrastructure, roads and municipal equipment. And they will be compensated for the municipal taxes that they will no longer receive.

Tax measures

An already known measure is that, from the Treasury, the Valencian Generalitat is granted the possibility of carrying out “all the emergency expenses it needs without any limit of resources”, also allowing the Community not to achieve the objectives of deficit due. to the DANA disaster.

The Executive is also in communication with the European Commission and procedures have been initiated to request assistance from the European Solidarity Fund and recourse to other community support resources from the European Union (EU).