A new housing approach
The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has expressed his satisfaction with the newly signed agreement with ERC, the Commons and the CUP, aimed at regulating seasonal rents. Illa has stated its commitment to deploy these regulations with all the necessary strength and efficiency, emphasizing the importance of considering housing as a fundamental right and not as a commercial good.
Housing policies and vulture funds
As part of the Government Control Session, CUP Member Laure Vega emphasized that this agreement is an important step in preventing housing policies from being influenced by private interests, such as vulture funds. Vega has urged the island to consider the possibility of extending this collaboration to other areas of common interest.
An unexpected dialogue
In response, Illa acknowledged that if anyone had told him a few months ago, he would come to an agreement with the CUP on housing, he would have surprised. Despite their differences in various topics, they have found common ground in the defense of the right to housing. Illa stated that he had maintained his firm position during the negotiations, and thanked the CUP for the same attitude.
A pact that marks a trend
The spokesman of the commons, David Cid, has stated that this pact establishes a precedent for the regulation of seasonal rents and rooms, setting a way to go for future initiatives. CID has stated that it is essential to end the current situation of lack of regulation in this sector.
Critics to the right
Despite the advances made, Illa has lamented that the regulation of seasonal rents could have been resolved earlier if the right in Madrid had shown a more reasonable attitude. He recalled that Together he blocked the proposal to Congress, forcing Catalonia to take its own measures to address this problem.