Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 4:51:16 GMT -2
The housing law is like Spanish omelette : it leaves no one indifferent and, every time it comes up for debate, there is a clear polarization. In the case of the tortilla, around whether with onion or without; Regarding housing law , whether with rent control or without. But it's not that simple. The text , of more than fifty pages, approved last week by Congress , is not limited to price control, but includes many more measures. From greater guarantees for vulnerable groups in the event of eviction, to incentives for small owners who meet certain requirements in stressed areas or punishments for owners of empty apartments . In general terms, all the effort dedicated to increasing the supply of affordable housing "is promising and goes in the right direction to solve the problem," says a report published by EsadeEcPol, which however remains reticent regarding the possible "counterproductive" effects. "of rent control.
Public housing in 20 years According to the report, all the efforts of the standard aimed at improving the accessibility of social rentals and mobilizing empty housing are "potentially very fruitful." Although perhaps too ambitious in some cases. For example, the promise of reaching 20% public housing in 20 years that the minister of the sector, Raquel Oman WhatsApp Number Sánchez, launched a few days ago, "is difficult to imagine" , since it would require that each year between now and 2043 Spain add as many housing in the social park like those that exist today . Rent control: yes or no? With the approval of the housing law , the Executive faces the difficult task of finding effective solutions to the problem of access to housing, tightrope walking between giving security to owners and protecting vulnerable groups, guaranteeing the right to housing worthy.
But some of the announced measures, such as price controls, threaten to destroy an equally constitutional right ; that of private property. Risk of 'boomerang effect': achieving the opposite of what you are looking for This is the great criticism of the private sector : the legal uncertainty that the new regulation may cause could make many owners choose to withdraw their homes from the market. This would reduce the supply, which, in turn, would cause the opposite effect to that desired: higher rent prices . The reduction in supply is one, but not the only consequence. According to an analysis of the rental contracts signed and finalized in Catalonia during the application of the rent control applied at the regional level, the only rents that decreased were those of the most expensive homes, while the cheapest ones increased their price (up to the value reference set as a limit.