DANIEL SOMOLINOS Madrid

Madrid

Updated Thursday, February 15, 2024-00:04

The objective is set: to repopulate and revitalize the small towns of the Community of Madrid. To this end, the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, within the package of 10 new housing measures that she presented yesterday, announced the creation of

an aid line to promote municipal land acquisition

so that new construction properties can be built. or destined for renovation in towns with less than 20,000 inhabitants.

Likewise, to encourage families to settle in these municipalities, it will offer up to three cumulative bonuses for those who establish their habitual residence

in one of the 73 towns with less than 2,500 inhabitants.

The shock plan with which Ayuso wants to "give legal security to citizens and companies, as well as promote access to accessible properties", also includes updating the maximum prices for officially protected housing, for sale and rent, which

" "They must be adapted to market prices."

"It is a necessary measure with which we have a lot at stake, it has to facilitate the construction of 30,000 privately promoted affordable homes," remarked the president, and then highlighted the creation of a plus version of the Rent Plan (extending the period to three years). free non-payment insurance, which was two for those under 35 and one for the rest) and My First Home (increasing financing

to 100%, the age limit from 35 to 40 years

and extending it to large and single-parent families ).

Along with them, he also anticipated the Alquila Comparte Plan, with which the regional government seeks to offer legal security to those owners who want to rent apartments by rooms. From the Community Housing area, they tell this newspaper that the program was born

with the aim of helping young people who are considering renting a room

because they come to pursue their studies or as the first step towards their emancipation.

«To make the room search process easier for citizens, the program includes the creation of a web page on which we are currently working, where potential tenants

will be able to pre-filter

information related to the description and location of the home or the price of the room," they add from the Housing area.

Likewise, among the planned legislative actions, Díaz Ayuso highlighted in his speech the temporary possibility of change of use for two years of buildings or plots intended for offices that become homes.

This transformation would be by license without the need for planning.

Likewise, a boost will be given to the promotion of affordable rental housing, facilitating cooperatives' access to loans with public protection, with endorsement from the Community.

Likewise, Ayuso unveiled a new package of tax cuts with savings of

almost 100 million euros

to facilitate the purchase and rental of homes.

Among its most notable points is a new deduction in the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) to counteract the rise in interest rates on mortgage loans for habitual residence. To do this,

a 25% bonus will be created

on the difference between the interest paid and those that would have been paid taking the Euribor of December 2022 as a reference, with a limit of 300 euros per year, and with the condition that the interest rate mortgage interest is variable. It is estimated that this action will benefit nearly

450,000 taxpayers throughout the region.

In addition,

another deduction of 1,000 euros in personal income tax

will be allocated to owners who formalize new lease contracts for properties that have been unused for at least one year, provided that they join the rental market with contracts with an effective duration of more than three years. .