Mallorca: 15 homes planned across Balearics for older people

Mallorca: 15 homes are planned across the Balearic Islands for older people without stable housing. They would have room for 35 people. Regional president Marga Prohens announced the plan in parliament in Palma, Mallorca, on Tuesday, 29 September.

Prohens said her government had been working on the plan for months. The homes are intended to offer a stable place to live for older people facing housing exclusion, with an investment of more than €200,000. She gave no date for when they would be ready.

The announcement came amid a fight over the wider housing market. MÉS per Mallorca urged Prohens to intervene, while the socialist PSIB called for high-pressure areas to be designated so rents could be capped. Prohens said the socialists’ proposals had failed. Vox argued that measures such as rent-market intervention and extended contracts would reduce the supply of rental homes.

The parties also clashed over the eviction of an older woman, Maricarmen, in Madrid. Prohens blamed the central government and a law dating from Felipe González’s administration. The PSIB accused her and Vox of lacking empathy for older people facing eviction; Prohens accused the socialists of using Maricarmen’s case for political gain.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com