Menorca PP candidate targets one million homes in Spain
Menorca, Spain: the People’s Party (PP) wants one million new homes built across the country in the next parliamentary term. On Tuesday, 10 November, its Menorca candidate for Congress, Joan Mesquida, sets a target of 250,000 homes a year after meeting representatives of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción, a construction industry foundation. He says a shortage of homes is a major problem for young people and families.
Mesquida wants to make land already earmarked for housing easier to develop. A proposed new land law would cut the time needed to move projects forward by half. He says the plan is not about building on land without proper planning.
The PP also wants private companies to help fund, manage and build homes. Mesquida says public authorities cannot deliver affordable housing alone; they need to make land available and reduce paperwork so projects can go ahead.
None of the measures is in force. If Alberto Núñez Feijóo becomes prime minister, Mesquida says the PP would push for the land law in its first 100 days, alongside a law allowing squatters to be evicted within 48 hours and a reform of the Horizontal Property Law. The housing plan would also lead the new government’s first meeting of regional presidents, with local councils brought into the discussion through the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com