The government takes note of the massive demonstration that flooded the streets of central Madrid this Sunday with thousands of people demanding housing as a right and not as a business. After the massive mobilization, the president assured this Monday that he “shares the concern” and acknowledged receipt of the “requests” to get to work, he promised.
“I know that if we do not react forcefully, Spanish society will end up being divided into two classes. And I don’t want a Spain in which there are rich owners and poor tenants,” he said during his speech at the “World in progress” event in Barcelona, organized by the Prisa group .
Pedro Sánchez, however, wanted to highlight the policies deployed by his government. “We have promoted pioneering legislation, we have increased investments in housing eightfold and we have succeeded in putting an end to the scourge of evictions,” he assured, even if evictions continue and there are is one of the most important problems. the main demands of Sunday’s mobilization.
But the president believes that more must be done. “We know that this is not enough, we know that for many people, housing is more of a tragedy than a right. Rest assured that my commitment is that we resolve this drama,” he promised.
During this event, he announced the start of the distribution of 200 million euros for rental vouchers for young people as well as the promotion of new regulations to prevent fraud in tourist and seasonal rental contracts.
During the meeting that Minister Isabel Rodríguez held two weeks ago with the Autonomous Communities, the distribution of these 200 million euros which, according to the Government, will reach some 66,000 young people, has already been initiated. With this distribution, Andalusia receives 34.2 million; Aragon, 7.6; Asturias, 6.6; Balearic Islands, 4.8; Canary Islands, 10.6; Cantabria, 3.8; Castile and León, 10.8; Castile-La Mancha, 8; Catalonia, 29 years old; Extremadura, 6; Galicia, 11.4; Rioja, 3.4; Madrid, 31.8; Murcia, 8.8; Valencian Community, 22.8; Ceuta, 200,000 euros; and Melilla, 200,000 euros.
“We are going to do more. To start, we must apply the housing law. Solving the housing problem doesn’t require a magic wand, but it doesn’t require braking the wheels either. The housing law is a good law,” said Pedro Sánchez.
