Spain's housing row: Feijóo vows to scrap decrees
Spain’s tenant protections face an election fight: opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo says he will repeal the government’s housing decrees if he comes to power. In Ciudad Real, Spain, on Monday 9 November, housing minister Isabel Rodríguez accused him of favouring property speculators. She was presenting her Socialist Party candidacy for the 29 November general election.
Feijóo, who leads the conservative People’s Party, told El País that the decrees harm both landlords and tenants. Rodríguez says repealing them would remove protections for renters.
What the parties want to do
Rodríguez says the Socialist government has increased public spending on housing, passed a national housing law and set up a public company to expand the supply of affordable homes. Her party intends to keep intervening in the property market while people struggle to find housing, particularly homes to rent.
She says the Socialist election programme, due in the coming days, will include further housing measures.
€3.2 million for homes in Ciudad Real
Rodríguez also says the Housing Ministry will put all €3.2 million from the sale of four plots at the Oretania business park to Ciudad Real City Council towards buying affordable homes in the city.
A public call for properties brought in only four offers. Any money left after those purchases will remain available for further affordable housing projects in Ciudad Real.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com