The Government takes note of the massive demonstration that this Sunday flooded the streets of central Madrid with thousands of people who demanded housing as a right and not as a business. After the massive mobilization, the president assured this Monday that he “shares the concern” and has acknowledged receipt of “the demands” to get to work, he has promised.
“I know that if we do not react forcefully, Spanish society will end up divided into two classes. And I don’t want a Spain in which there are rich owners and poor tenants,” he said during his speech at the ‘World in progress’ event in Barcelona, organized by the Prisa Group.
Pedro Sánchez wanted to highlight, however, the policies deployed by his Government. “We have promoted pioneering legislation, we have multiplied investment in housing by eight and we have managed to put an end to the scourge of evictions,” he assured, despite the fact that evictions do continue to be carried out and that this was one of the main demands of the Sunday’s mobilization.
But the president assumes that more is needed. “We know that it is not enough, we know that for many people housing is more of a drama than a right. Rest assured that my commitment is that we resolve this drama,” he promised.
At that event he announced that the distribution of 200 million euros for rental vouchers for young people will begin and also the promotion of a new regulation to prevent fraud in tourist and seasonal rental contracts.
In the meeting that Minister Isabel Rodríguez held two weeks ago with the Autonomous Communities, the distribution of those 200 million euros that the Government estimates will reach some 66,000 young people was already committed. With this distribution Andalusia receives 34.2 million; Aragon, 7.6; Asturias, 6.6; Balearic Islands, 4.8; Canary Islands, 10.6; Cantabria, 3.8; Castilla y León, 10.8; Castilla-La Mancha, 8; Catalonia, 29; Extremadura, 6; Galicia, 11.4; La Rioja, 3.4; Madrid, 31.8; Murcia, 8.8; Valencian Community, 22.8; Ceuta, 200,000 euros; and, Melilla, 200,000 euros.
“We are going to do more. To begin, what we have to do is apply the housing law. Fixing the housing problem does not involve magic wands but neither does it involve a brake on the wheels. The housing law is a good law,” Pedro Sánchez claimed.
Source: www.eldiario.es
