The Youth Rental Bonus, the measure with which the Spanish government will invest 200 million euros to try to alleviate the rental price crisis, has not been well received by the government of the Murcia region. He The Minister of the Presidency, Marcos Ortuño, describes the Youth Bonus as “a failure, just like the housing law“.
Ortuño expressed his rejection of this initiative after the last meeting of the Government Council. The advisor and spokesperson for the Regional Executive affirms that the Young Rental Bonus requires a series of requirements that are “virtually impossible to meet”.” by the applicants for this aid.
“Among other things, we ask young people for a regular source of income,” illustrates Ortuño. The head of the presidency bases his skepticism on the fact that the Spanish government’s housing policy “is devoted to a little less than blackmail the autonomous communities and strangle the market“.
It is not in vain that the Young Rental Bonus arouses controversy because its beneficiaries will touch 250 euros per tenant for two years, regardless of the area where they live. This means that the benefit that potential beneficiaries can obtain is very unequal between the autonomous communitiesdue to the wide variation in housing prices and rents between different cities in the country.
The proof is that, according to Fotocasa real estate index, the average rental price per square meter in the Community of Madrid is 4,308 euros. Instead, In the Region of Murcia this price is reduced to an average of 1,436 euros for each square meter.
Despite this considerable price difference, the Minister of the Presidency admits that Rental prices in the Murcia region “are not affordable” and “there is a significant difficulty in accessing housing”. For this reason, Ortuño anticipates that the Murcia Executive develops a series of measures to counteract this situation.
A person walks past the window of a real estate agency.
In this sense, the regional spokesperson declares having received proposals from 16 municipalities providing “information on land available for the construction of protected housing”. Additionally, Ortuño explains that the Murcia Executive “has also redundant the Youth Guarantee up to more than 16 million euros», an initiative which “benefited 567 young people”.
Likewise, let us recall that the regional president, Fernando López Miras, recently asked the central government for “a VAT reduction to 4% on the first new home“. On the other hand, the The councilor confirmed to EL ESPAÑOL that he does not plan to approve any declaration of stressed areas.
“These types of measures reduce the supply of housing and increase prices. We do not believe in interventionist policies.” The head of the Presidency underlines the commitment of the regional government “to facilitate access to housing for young people. » He emphasizes, however, that It is necessary “that the Spanish government also acts in this matter”.
The Attorney General
During the press conference following the Government Council, Marcos Ortuño also took the opportunity to express his indignation at the investigation opened by the Supreme Court with the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz: “What we are learning is very serious, we have a government which He came to fight corruption and what he does is exercise itdoes not act forcefully against corruption, but rather with connivance. »
The advisor emphasizes that “it is the first time in the history of democracy that the attorney general is indicted of the State and absolutely nothing is happening here, this is unheard of. » Such a situation, according to Ortuño, “culminates in institutional deterioration.”
“With what we know, all roads of corruption lead to Pedro Sánchez“Every day their situation becomes more and more unbearable,” adds the head of the presidency.Sánchez must give explanations and stop lying, because in these weeks we have only heard lies and contradictory versions between Sánchez and his ministers.”
