The national deputy of the PP of Malaga and second secretary of the Housing and Urban Agenda Commission, Cristóbal Garre, indicated that the province has 15% of its real estate stock empty, which translates to more than 150,000 properties, “a growing number due to the insecurity generated by the ideological and sectarian measures applied by the Sánchez government,” said Marco in which he also highlighted the need to reform the Penal Code to prevent “squatters” from registering in raided houses.
Thus, Garré underlined in a note the “resolute commitment” of the Popular Party to confront the problem of access to housing with proposals such as encouraging owners to rent out their empty homes or evicting as many as possible “squatters”. 48 hours.
He underlined the “need” for the government to “get involved and provide answers” to a problem which, “in a few years, has gone from fifteenth to second place which worries Spaniards the most, according to the Center for Sociology. Research (CIS), in the same way that “squatting” has increased by 40% since Sánchez was president.
He thus described as “disastrous” the state regulations approved a year and a half ago “and which have led to the increase in prices, both for purchase and rental, in addition to the lack of protection for owners against squatting. “This has caused many people to take their long-term housing off the market, thereby reducing supply,” he said.
Furthermore, Garre criticized the fact that the PSOE and Sumar do not agree on the land law, “which forced them to withdraw it and this leads to a decrease in supply on the market, which results in higher prices,” he stressed.
Faced with this situation, he continued, “the PP is proposing a housing law that opposes “squatting” and advocates the reduction of administrative procedures, the increase in tax incentives and, above all, the fact of ‘have more land to build on and therefore increase supply, thus reducing prices.
Finally, Garre emphasized that “we understand that the disastrous management of the Sánchez government must not compromise the constitutional mandate that recognizes the right to housing; “a right which must be dealt with by the central administration and not by the owners.”
It is for this reason that the national deputy of Malaga emphasized that “from the Popular Party we propose solutions and take up this challenge, even without it being our competence, as we do from the town halls, while Sánchez limit to promising thousands of homes, like the 200,000 announced during the campaign – including 10,000 in Malaga – which will never be built”, he concluded.
