Ibiza rent caps spark election clash over housing
On the island of Ibiza, many people struggle to find an affordable home: Socialist candidate Milena Herrera calls for rent caps as campaigning opens on Friday. She is seeking a seat in Spain’s Congress of Deputies in the 29 November election. In a statement, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) says it wants housing to be a main campaign priority.
Herrera wants to curb property speculation and make homes easier to access. Alongside rent limits, she proposes compensation for small landlords. She says the conservative People’s Party (PP) again rejected measures to limit rents at Friday’s meeting of Ibiza’s island council.
The disagreement goes to the heart of her election pitch. Referring to a debate in a committee of Spain’s Congress of Deputies on Thursday, Herrera says the right trusts the housing market to regulate itself, while the left sees housing as a right that must be secured for everyone. She is calling for support for the PSOE on 29 November to put its housing policies into action.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com