The PP launched its proposal to solve the housing problem in Spain. They propose that parents or any family members who give money to their children to buy an apartment should not pay this amount. gift tax. A proposal that is on the table and, according to experts, only benefits very few people. Only for families who have more and can draw on their savings.
We translate into money how many taxes would be forgiven in Catalonia, for example to a father who gives his son 50,000 euros for entry. The saving translates to 250 euros. A very small amount. However, if we turn to a family with many more possibilities and imagine a father with a lot of money who pays his son a house in Barcelona worth half a million euros, the amount that would be tax-exempt would amount to more than 81,000 euros. euros. A measure that clearly benefits the richest.
Without a date yet for its presentation to the Senate, the PP strives to defend its town planning and housing lawthe measures of which they gradually reveal. THE general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, also advocated subsidizing income from rentals of housing withdrawn from the market in recent years to encourage supply.
According to the PP, “all of Pedro Sánchez’s laws had the effect of discouraging the introduction of rental housing into the market. This led to a reduction in the number of housing units and, consequently, to more expensive rents.” Gamarra defended that Spain needed to build around 200,000 homes per year, implement a battery of measures against the illegal occupation of properties and reduce bureaucratic procedures.
Thus, the PP seeks with its law a better protection for owners in order to encourage a greater supply of housing. Another controversial point of the law raised by the PP is that of lower the limit by which a vulnerable family will be considered. From the current 1,800 euros to 1,080 euros. This way, any tenant who has failed to meet their payments could be evicted as long as they have income above this limit, leaving more families unprotected.
In addition, they influence a “young tax system”. It would consist of exempting the payment of the first 30,000 euros imposed on personal income tax for those under 34 years of age during the first year of their professional career, whether they are employees or self-employed. This last measure, already proposed during the European elections, will last four years and will be gradually reduced: 75% the second, 50% the third and 25% the fourth and final year.
