The Government defends that "the new Housing Law does not intend to usurp property rights"

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There are two days until the end of the public consultation period for the draft of the future Housing Law and the text continues to generate doubts and debate. The Government is aware of the misgivings of a part of the sector that rejects the limitation of rents that the regulation raises and is suspicious of other issues that directly affect landlords, especially large landlords. Hence, the Secretary General of Urban Agenda and Housing,

, wanted to make it clear on Tuesday that "

.

The new law "does not intend to usurp property rights", only to establish a public-private conjunction as an element of reference and "backbone" of the regulations, as well as a "shield" of public housing parks, which is "essential ", and the commitment of public administrations to" help the most vulnerable and young people in accessing decent housing, "he said during his speech in a debate organized by the Alternativas Foundation to analyze the content of the future regulation.

Lucas has recognized that the negotiation for a year

and "sometimes with difficulties, due to the many

however, he also wanted to highlight its importance as a tool for face the housing problem of many people in Spain, especially those in a more vulnerable economic situation.

"The law is not going to solve all the problems, but it will lay the foundations for housing policies to be approached differently," he assured.

The text seeks to "

, establish real mechanisms for collaboration between institutions to promote public housing stock" and protect said public stock, which in Spain has been diminished for decades and is currently well below the European average.

Less uncertainty

In the debate, moderated by

executive vice president of the Alternative Foundation,

general director of Economics and Statistics of the Bank of Spain,

also participated

, who stressed that the future law is committed to increasing the rental offer. "Now, the final result will depend on how it ends up being implemented. The position of the Bank of Spain is that if we want to increase the efficiency and size of the rental market, we must increase the offer. We know everything that is to impose limits on prices According to historical experience, which is

summarized.

, chief economist at Arcano Partners,

has also expressed himself in this line

, for whom the problems faced by the housing market in Spain, and especially its prices, must be attacked at the same time and from different areas. "We must make supply policies that ensure that the different components of the price of a house do not become more expensive," he said.

That means, in his opinion, providing stability and legal security for developers and investors to bet on creating supply in Spain. "Tax policies cannot be changed from one day to the next. You have to provide stability and everything that involves intervening in rent prices does not work, there is a lot of scientific literature that proves it. What works is to increase the supply, not to try as villains to institutional owners against retailers, "he has exposed.

Regarding the land, it demands that the Public Administrations speed up the transformation to avoid it becoming more expensive and that this increase is transferred to the final price paid by the citizen. He also considers it necessary to promote active employment policies to alleviate the labor problem facing the construction sector, which could increase in the coming years and in the field of financing, he has once again emphasized the importance of initiatives such as the

British

to facilitate the access of the youngest or the lowest incomes to the purchase and sale of housing.

For her part,

president of the Metropolitan Housing Observatory, has stressed the importance of financial institutions granting loans not only for purchases, but also for rent, and has indicated that the draft bill will not be useful or effective if it is not carried out with the consensus of all parties.

"Reaching agreements will be good, even if it is by making assignments from all the parties involved, because if not there will be no successes," he said.

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