Access to housing is a worrying problem in Andalusia. Research by the Government, the Junta de Andalucía, town halls, companies in the sector and social agents in Malaga solutions to this “global” problem at the IV National Housing Congress. The Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, participated this Monday in the inauguration, with the Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, and the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, as guests. And among these solutions, the Andalusian president assured that the Government Council would approve in the first half of 2025 the new Andalusian Housing Law with which he intends triple protection case until 10,250 arrive.
The president explains that Andalusia is attracting population and that in the next 15 years the community will gain 700,000 inhabitants, 400,000 of whom will settle in the province of Malaga. “People want to come and live,” said the president, who used data from the Bank of Spain to say that demand was estimated at around 90,000 homes. “This is mainly 90,000 families waiting for a solution for a life project,” Moreno said.
The draft of the future Andalusian law is in the allegations phase and aims to generate land at an affordable price. “Increase the supply, making available not only subsidies, but create a new floor in what are priority areas in areas with more difficult access to housing,” said Moreno, who assured that they would concentrate the aid of the administration, “which is currently very dispersed.”
“We want to balance the offer of sale and rental, defending the habitual and permanent residence,” said the president of Andalusia, who indicated that the future law includes a shock plan for put 20,000 VPO homes up for rent.
For Moreno, administrations must make an effort to reduce the imbalance between supply and demand, which is “one of the serious problems” of the sector and which generates difficulties in accessing housing. A situation that delays the emancipation of young people and generates “lack of sleep in many families.” For the president, it is a “real problem”, which can be seen, in the case of Andalusia, in cities such as Malaga, Seville or Granada.
“Build more and better”
And here, the Council wants to go hand in hand with the sector, which “is committed to building more and building better”. Even if this requires “overcome obstacles “which are currently stifling construction and preventing many families from having a home”, such as the high cost of land or administrative delays.
This is why the regional administration wants to eliminate bureaucratic burdens on businesses. Facilitating the construction of housingwhich must be constant. But the new legislation must go hand in hand with the development of regulation that is also occurring at the national level. Thus, he announced that the new Andalusian Housing Law should not be “another obstacle”, but that it would repeal other previous regulations.
The idea is to remove “obstacles.” Moreno addressed the minister to inform her that the Council is always open “to dialogue” and that, despite the differences that may exist, “There are common goals”. This was the response to the request for a large state pact that the minister had formulated a few minutes before. “I want a state pact, but the dimension of the problem requires much more than a classic state pact,” said Isabel Rodríguez.
State Pact
The Ministry of Housing is demanding a “national alliance marked by empathy and social complexity”. “This concerns us all: these young people who are emancipating themselves late, the teachers who have to share an apartment because the rent eats up 80% of their salary or the nurses who do not have enough money to rent a place. A great national alliance is needed“, the minister stressed.
The government aims to ensure that investment in housing does not exceed the 30% of the future owner’s income to have access to affordable housing, but he knows that it is a “global” problem and points out that there are elements that put pressure on rentals, such as tourist apartments or private university facilities.
“The lack of housing implies the denial of other rights such as maternity or health,” said the minister before drawing figures such as the 5.5 billion for rehabilitation policies or the 1 billion for recovery funds.This is not enough“We need more and we all need each other,” Rodriguez concluded.
