Yolanda Díaz expressed her disagreement with the rental bonus for young people announced by Pedro Sánchez. During his speech at the event The world in progress In Barcelona, the second vice-president declared that The solution to the rent crisis does not involve “giving money to rentiers in the form of aid”.
President Sánchez announced this Monday that he would allocate 200 million euros in aid to facilitate young people’s access to rental, but Díaz insists that we need to intervene in the housing market. Among his proposals, the need to reform the law on urban leases to limit tourist and seasonal rentals, by taxing them with 21% VAT, stands out.
Furthermore, the Minister of Labor recommended temporarily restrict home purchases which are not intended for fair rentals or first homes in areas most affected by speculation. This measure, according to Díaz, would help reduce speculative pressure in the most stressed neighborhoods.
In response to possible disobedience of the autonomous communities governed by the PP regarding the regulation of the rental market, Díaz stressed that, If they do not comply with the law, they must “withdraw any public assistance from which they may benefit”.
On the other hand, the minister took the opportunity to defend the reduction of working hours as a measure that must be implemented “by law”. According to Díaz, collective bargaining has failed to reduce working hours over the past 40 years, which he considers a failure. “The ruse of collective bargaining would make it possible to maintain the ‘status quo’ as it is,” he warned.
Díaz emphasized that new generations have a different vision of work, emphasizing that They don’t understand a life focused solely on work. Likewise, he said that current technology and productivity allow a reduction in working hours without affecting competitiveness. “I ask employers to look at the generations of our country and explain why, 40 years later, it is not possible to reduce the working day by half an hour per day,” the minister concluded.
