The Parliament, with the votes of the PP and of the left-wing parties that make up the majority, has urged the Govern to strengthen measures for preventing evictions and to offer greater advisory support to the most vulnerable groups, such as older people, victims of sexist violence, or families with minors, in order to facilitate their access to an alternative housing option.
This request forms part of a motion defended this Tuesday in the plenary session by the PSIB deputy Àlex Pitaluga, which was finally approved in a partial way.
In addition, the regional chamber has reiterated its defense of the right of all citizens to have access to decent housing, has highlighted the role of small property owners who rent out their properties at a “reasonable” price, has called for intensifying the fight against the supply of illegal tourist housing, and has proposed the implementation of a specific plan to address the people who live in substandard housing.
Likewise, the Parliament has asked the Govern to prioritize the use of already available urban land and the mobilization of empty homes, addressing the housing needs of residents in the Balearic Islands; to increase land reserves intended for protected housing; to drive the conversion of outdated tourist establishments into residential homes; and to strengthen the instruments to detect “abusive practices” in the rental market.
However, other sections of the motion were rejected by the PP’s opposing vote and did not manage to achieve the necessary majority. Among them are the signing of an agreement with specific measures to tackle the housing access crisis, the declaration of the Balearic Islands as a stressed area to limit rental prices and allow town councils to adopt that decision, as well as support for the latest housing decrees approved by the Council of Ministers.
Proposals such as intensifying the inspection of dwellings rented out by the room, expanding the stock of public housing, reviewing the “Lloguer Segur” program, launching assistance for the rehabilitation of small property owners’ housing conditioned on renting at affordable prices, enabling town councils to apply tax measures on tourist housing, restricting the purchase of properties to non-residents, or banning “speculative” real estate transactions also did not prosper.