“Decent housing for young people, the elderly and vulnerable people”, the request of the president of the Provincial Delegation of Toledo

He said this at the House of Culture in Cabañas de la Sagra, where these days took place for two days. They are in their third edition and every year they bring together experts who analyze, debate and reflect on this problem, focusing on the Toledo de La Sagra region.

The theme chosen this time was “Let’s talk about vulnerability”developing presentations and round tables. They discussed issues as relevant as the housing service in La Sagra, the role of municipal social services, the definition of vulnerability and the people included in this reflection. Illegal occupation and crime prevention were also discussed; existing problems and outstanding challenges to find solutions and apply appropriate policies.

The scourge of illegal occupation

“I am sure that sessions like these allow the municipal councils you attended to obtain the starting point of the actions that, without a doubt, the competent administrations will have to undertake. This is why we are going to ask, to the Provincial Delegation of Toledo, that the institutions responsible for housing face the scourge of occupation“, Cedillo said. “Because it also makes it difficult to access housing for people who are considering renting and can’t, because tenants are afraid to put their homes on the rental market for fear that someone will take it. appropriate,” he added, according to a press release from the Office. provincial establishment.

Cedillo was in favor of finding solutions to this problem, “of vital importance for all citizens, and particularly for new generations”. He reiterated his commitment “in the desire to resolve the problem of access to housing that these associations encounter, with the municipalities that make them up and with the more than 200,000 inhabitants that they serve.”

He advocated “courageously confronting the problem of access to housing, arising from the increase in rents and higher mortgage prices, from the Housing Law and from the relationships between situations of vulnerability”.