Isabel Rodríguez, Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, has sent a message of calm to small property owners, ensuring that the state rental price reference system, which for now will only be applied in Catalonia, will not “harm them.” In addition, she has called on the autonomous communities to also adopt the regulation.
“It cannot be that by kicking the Government they delve into the great social wound,” the politician reiterated in an interview in ‘La Vanguardia’, collected by Europa Press, asking the regional governments not to put political motivations above of the demands of the citizens.
The minister defends the index as a response to “big” dramas and a way to change the housing market. “I think this index is going to be useful in stressed areas because it entails price control,” said Rodríguez, at the same time as he assured that the initiative will stop rising rent prices and will make families “save between 1 .50 0 and 800 euros per month.”
Responsibility towards citizens
Likewise, Isabel Rodríguez has called on the autonomous communities, except Catalonia, to take responsibility for addressing the right to access to housing and not to “evade” the social dramas that involve “allocating more than 40 percent percent of salary to rental income.” “I ask the communities to listen to mayors who want to respond to their neighbors and also control rental prices. What cannot be is that kicking the Government deepens the great social wound,” she indicated.
The minister considers that the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, will not be able to withstand the pressure of not applying the Housing law because “society will know that if she acted she would be paying 1,000, 800 or 500 euros less in rent” and He adds that if she does not do so it is because “she only seeks to harm the Government of Spain.”
Regarding the future land law, Isabel Rodríguez assures that they will prevent urban planning from being paralyzed due to errors that “are not substantive but can be corrected.” “We are going to streamline the urban planning approaches,” she signs while revealing that the Ministry is considering modifying the Horizontal Property law to consider tourist rentals a business. “The city model we want is not a theme park, we want livable cities,” she says.
On the other hand, regarding José Luis Ábalos’ decision to keep his seat in Congress, the minister shows her “absolute rejection and zero tolerance” and points out that, although no accusation or accusation is against him, “there is no “It is only about assuming criminal responsibilities; we must also assume political responsibilities.”
