Mallorca eviction help wins backing, rent cap fails
Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands: MPs call for more help for people facing eviction, but a plan to cap rents fails. On Tuesday, 10 November, the Balearic Parliament asks the regional government to strengthen eviction prevention and help older people, people affected by violence against women and families with children find another home. The conservative People’s Party and parties on the left back that part of a motion brought by socialist MP Àlex Pitaluga, but only part of his motion passes.
Empty homes and illegal holiday lets
Parliament also wants the government to bring empty homes into use and make more land available for protected housing. It calls for a crackdown on illegal holiday lets and support for people living in inadequate housing.
MPs also ask the government to turn outdated tourist properties into homes and do more to spot abusive practices in the rental market.
Rent cap voted down
The People’s Party votes against declaring the Balearic Islands a high-pressure housing area, a step proposed to cap rents. It also opposes letting local councils make that decision.
Proposals to expand public housing, step up checks on rooms let for rent and restrict home purchases by people who do not live in the Balearics also fail to win a majority. The result leaves the government with a call to act on eviction help, but no parliamentary backing for those wider controls.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com