The team of
Pablo Iglesias
can score a victory in at least one of the battles that had arisen in the negotiation of the new decree to ban evictions.
The regulation will finally extend the prohibition to cut the basic supplies of electricity, water and natural gas to people in vulnerable situations until the end of the state of alarm, that is, until May 9.
As explained by the Minister Spokesperson,
María Jesús Montero
, the rule "will not only cover vulnerable consumers" who may already have social bond contracts - some 1.2 million consumers - but will also apply to others who present an analogous situation and where the mediators or social services will help to prove their vulnerability to the supply company.
The prohibition of supplies has been one of the most difficult points to close during the negotiations that the representatives of the
purple
party
, the team of
José Luis Ábalos
and the group of the vice president of Ecological Transition,
Teresa Ribera
have held in recent weeks
.
Precisely Ribera was in charge of negotiating the part of the supplies and until almost the end it was in the air that his extension could go ahead, however, the vice president has ended up giving in to Iglesias' request.
It is one of the few concessions that the leader of United We Can has achieved in the final version of the decree, which will prohibit evictions but
in very specific and more limited situations
than what the party initially demanded.
So much so, that
Pablo Iglesias has made his disappointment clear
in a video released at the same time as the press conference of the Council of Ministers in which the rule was approved.
"This decree is surely not a panacea and we will have to continue working
, but I think it is very good news because it will help many families," the vice president assures the chamber.
New decree
The new rule will prohibit evicting vulnerable tenants while the state of alarm lasts and as long as there is a lease agreement.
When there is no such contract, the agreement introduces a distinction between the small owner -the one who has less than 10 properties- and the large holder -the one who has more than 10-.
In the event that the owner is a private individual, the eviction will continue, but in the case of a large holder, they will be prohibited only if the occupants are
dependents, victims of gender violence or persons who are in charge of other dependents or minors
.
In these cases, a report will be requested from social services and the economic and social situation of the affected family will be assessed.
Social services must prove vulnerability and, in such case, the judge may order the suspension for a period of three months until an alternative housing solution is found.
If after these three months that solution does not arrive or the vulnerability report is not completed, the owners - large holders in this case - will have the right to claim compensation as long as they prove that the situation has caused them economic damage.
The compensation would be established according to the reference index of rents prepared by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.
Of course, if the occupant's condition of vulnerability is not proven, the procedure will continue.
The new decree also establishes some exceptions in which the suspension of an eviction cannot be applied.
Specifically, when the inhabited dwelling is the residence or second residence of the owner;
when a legal person has transferred the home to a natural person;
when the entry has occurred with intimidation or violence;
when the property is being used to carry out illegal activities or
when the entry into the property has occurred after the approval of the royal decree.
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