The Popular Party closes in droves and returns to reject the PSOE proposal and its partners to regulate rents in the autonomous communities – including Ceuta and Melilla – where they govern. Thus, they expressed through a joint declaration their decision not to declare zones of tension on their territories to intervene in rent prices and indicated that they would not tolerate the “threat” and “blackmail” of the Government to withdraw funds from them.
The “popular” ones qualified housing policies deemed “failed and ineffective” using the economic resources of the Spanish. Likewise, they rejected the procedure announced to do this, which, as they stated, involves an unequal distribution of funds from taxes of all Spaniards, conditioning them to a specific political position and ideology.
In the statement they emphasized that “we do not tolerate the threats and blackmail of the Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez” deny funds to communities for not implementing what is established in the law on the right to housing. The document was signed by the governments of Galicia; Andalusia; Cantabria; Rioja; Murcia; Valencian Community; Aragon; Extremadura; Balearic Islands; Madrid; Castilla y León and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
In this sense, they affirmed that the State has the obligation to distribute public resources equitablypromote the equality of all citizens wherever they live, and that failure to do so would mean a violation of the legal and judicial system.
The PP communities indicated that housing has become one of the biggest problems of citizens due to the government’s “disastrous” policies and that under the presidency of Pedro Sánchez, rents have become prohibitive. As they added, between June 2018 and April 2024, Rental prices increased by 32% and since the entry into force of the Law for the Right to Housing in May 2023, the increase has been almost 13%.
They also spoke of the occupation, which They represent 78,800 homes throughout Spainand the phenomenon of unrest, which has grown alarmingly in recent months. The housing policies implemented by the Executive, believes the PP, have succeeded in stifling the market, placing citizens facing a huge social challenge of access to housing at an affordable price, both for sale and for sale. rental.
PSOE measures
The party led by Pedro Sánchez has presented a non-legal proposal to the rest of the autonomous communities to try to alleviate the housing crisis that Spain is experiencing. As a flagship measure, the “socialists” established the following: “To guarantee, in a norm having the rank of Law, permanent qualification of protected housing built on reserve land private and public for housing subject to a public protection regime, in accordance with the percentages established by state legislation”.
In addition, he urged communities, particularly those of the PP, to ensure that the heritage assets which make up the social housing parks cannot be sold. On the other hand, he also demanded that presidents guarantee the financial contribution from the autonomous community through budget items intended to invest in public housing policies.
In conclusion, the PSOE requested to increase the number of housing units in the different provinces of Spain: “Urgently and progressively increase the stock of social and affordable housing, establishing objectives to be achieved within certain deadlines, such as the requires state law through the right to housing.”
