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Date Published: 07/10/2021
ARCHIVED - Andalusia refuses to abide by new Housing Law
“Communist interventions”: politicians in Andalucía will not cap rental prices or raise property taxes for large landowners
“We are not going to put limitations on renting in Andalucía.” This was the response of Andalucía’s Minister of Public Works, Marifrán Carazo, to the government’s new property legislation yesterday. The Regional Government of Andalucía has expressed its disapproval of the new Housing Law (‘Ley de Vivienda’) introduced by the national government yesterday, describing it as “interventionist” to freeze rental prices.
The new law will force large landlords and property magnates to lower or freeze rents, as well as creating a 250-euro monthly subsidy to help young people to rent, and ensure that at least 30% of new builds go towards social housing.
The regional Andalusian government has criticised the “interventionism” of the law, though, asserting that it will provoke the “opposite” effect. Ms Carazo pointed to the example of other countries, where similar measures have led to “the withdrawal of investments and increased prices”.
Marifrán Carazo, Minister of Public Works
“This is not the solution,” she stressed. “The measures in the law affect the right to private property… Whether they are empty or occupied, the properties belong to the owners, it is their private property and in Andalucía we are going to protect it absolutely.”
Instead, the government of Andalucía is working in the opposite direction, promoting new affordable rented housing with the participation of local councils and private developers. They have also pointed out that the possibility of raising the IBI (Spanish property tax) rate for owners of empty homes, as set out in the law, is the responsibility of the local councils. In this sense, the region is in favour of lowering rather than increasing taxes to “facilitate” economic recovery.
With regards to the 250-euro ‘bono’ to help young people to become independent and get their own place, the Minister said that it is an “improvised announcement to compensate” for the rest of the “communist” measures.
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Image 2: Marifrán Carazo
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