The Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, and the Minister of Territory of the Catalan Generalitat, Ester Capella, have agreed that starting in February the rent containment law will come into force in the 140 municipalities of Catalonia classified as stressed areas.
This was announced by Ester Capella in a press conference after the meeting she held with Isabel Rodríguez, where she explained that the Ministry of Housing will approve in the month of February, as confirmed by the minister herself, the index systems that are in place. What application.
And once this work is completed, the Ministry headed by Isabel Rodríguez will publish the report and the declaration of stressed areas of these 140 municipalities, while approving the indices that will have to be applied in these places.
“For us, for the Government of Catalonia, for the Department of Territory, it is very good news, as it is also for the citizens of Catalonia, that income containment is a reality in the month of February,” Capella celebrated. .
When asked about how this agreement affects on a practical level, Capella once again highlighted that starting in February, the limitation on rental prices can be applied in these 140 locations declared as stressed areas.
At this point, he recalled that this rent containment law of the Generalitat of Catalonia has already passed in the Parliament, so once it is implemented in the month of February the rental price in the 140 municipalities will not be able to exceed The index that is finally reached by passing.
