First in Spain! Parliament approved

For the first time in the country’s democratic history, the Government intervened in rental prices in order to find a solution to the housing problem that has been increasing in Spain in recent years.

The bill in question was approved by parliament with 176 votes against 167 with the support of the two government partners, the Socialist Workers Party and Unidas Podemos, and the Catalan and Basque separatist parties (ERC and EH Bildu) and sent to the Senate.

IT WILL BE LEGAL

After the bill is accepted in the Senate, it will go to parliament for the last time and become legal if it passes.

While the Government maintains that this bill will “recognize housing as a right”, especially for young people and the poor, the right-wing opposition parties maintain that “the occupation of empty houses, which is common in Spain , it will continue to increase, the supply will decrease and the prices will increase”.

“INFLECTION POINT”

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in statements to the press after the approval of the bill in Parliament, said: “This law is an important turning point in Spanish democracy. The housing problem constitutes 70 percent of inequality in society. We are changing the paradigm, the neoliberal model that brings with it speculation, corruption and a lot of social suffering, and we are laying the foundations for a new housing policy that responds to them”. he performed the assessment of it.

According to the bill, which is one of the most discussed political issues ahead of the municipal elections to be held on May 28 in Spain, rent increases determined according to the CPI should be limited to 2 percent in 2023. and to 3 percent in 2024. It also provides for an increase in property taxes by up to 150 percent.

On the other hand, the opposition Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) also opposed the bill and announced that it will appeal to the Constitutional Court if it is legalized. (AA)