Adelante Andalucía has placed housing at the center of its political agenda for the regional elections on May 17. This Thursday, the candidate for Málaga, Luis Rodrigo, presented a package of measures with which the party intends to respond to a housing crisis that, as they denounce, "expels thousands of working families from access to decent housing".
During an event held in Malaga, Rodrigo defended ua profound reform of the Law on Officially Protected Housing (VPO), with the aim of adapting the access requirements to the salary reality of Andalusia. The proposal involves linking the award scales to the average salary and tightening controls to prevent speculative operations with protected housing.
“We do not understand that people with high incomes can compete to access protected housing with working families,” stated the Andalucist candidate, who insisted on the need to “shield access for the lowest incomes”.
A public construction company to speed up developments
The star proposal of the training also involves the creation of a public Andalusian construction company. The objective would be to execute affordable housing developments on available land owned by the Junta de Andalucía, especially in provinces with high real estate pressure such as Málaga.
From Adelante Andalucía they maintain that the current model “has proven to be insufficient” to respond to the increase in the price of rent and housing for purchase, aggravated by tourist pressure and the reduction of residential supply in numerous municipalities on the Costa del Sol.
Rodrigo defended that a public developer would allow "to speed up the construction of affordable housing" and recover the administration's direct intervention capacity in the real estate market.
Reform the rent subsidies
The Andalucist formation also proposes immediate changes to the rent assistance system. Currently, regional subsidies are granted on a first-come, first-served basis, a mechanism that Adelante considers "dehumanized and unfair".
In this regard, Rodrigo proposed replacing the chronological criterion with a model based on income and social vulnerability indicators. “It is necessary for the administration to analyze each person's situation before granting aid,” he pointed out.
The party considers it a priority that families with lower incomes, young people, and people at risk of social exclusion have preference in accessing these public benefits.
The candidate concluded by demanding "brave and decisive solutions" to a crisis that, he assured, "cannot continue to be addressed solely from the logic of the market".