Formentera housing strike over rents and teacher shortages
On the island of Formentera, high rents make it hard to keep teachers in their posts: progressive coalition Formentera al Senat says it will join Wednesday’s housing strike. The group is urging islanders to mobilise for decent, affordable homes.
After meeting people in education, the coalition’s candidate, Neus Massanet, says teachers posted to Formentera often stay only a short time because rents are so high. That makes stable teaching teams difficult to build, she says. She warns that other essential sectors also struggle to fill posts.
Massanet accuses the island council of doing too little about the spread of holiday lets. Following a meeting with the association Figa, she points to its proposals for more social rental housing and for Formentera to be designated an area with a strained housing market.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com