housing law: insufficient and electoralist

The measures that Pedro Sánchez agreed with his partners will not solve the serious problems posed by the housing crisis. The Vulture Cities of real estate speculation and the capitalist negotiations with housing threaten the dignified life of the neighbors.. The CUP candidatures in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet that we support from SOL formulate substantive proposals at the service of the workers and the people.

The main points of the regulations of Sánchez and his partners

In the first Budget pact between the PSOE and Unidas Podemos, the commitment to draft a housing law had been expressed. After more than three years of negotiations, Pedro Sánchez has agreed on the regulations with ERC and EH Bildu. According to the advertisements, in relation to large owners, The autonomous communities will have the power to lower the condition of ““great fork” from 10 a 5 real estate and apply limitations to rents in areas that are declared “tensioned areas”. Owners with less than 5 real estate must freeze prices or reduce them in exchange for reductions in personal income tax (Personal income tax). During 2024/25 the National Institute of Statistics (INE) will create an index lower than the evolution of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) that will limit the increase in rents. In case of new contracts, The autonomous communities and city councils may determine limits, Evictions will be regulated and the percentage of land reserves for protected housing will increase.

They change something, so that nothing changes

The measures do not reduce the prices of rentals that are already inaccessible nor do they prohibit evictions, They guarantee the continuity of large real estate deals, They do not establish the minimum foundations for a popular housing plan with mass access to their own roof and are aimed at disputing votes rather than providing solutions.. further, the bourgeois governments of the autonomous communities would have to adopt them, institutions of the '78 regime and capitalism that are mainly dedicated to guaranteeing large business negotiations.

He “tensioned area” covers the entire peninsula

The crisis of the capitalist economy, inflation, Depreciated salaries and high rents deteriorate the standard of living of workers and the people. ECB interest rate increases (European Central Bank) They have put people who have variable mortgages in a bad situation. Youth pays serious consequences since they cannot emancipate themselves from their parents until they are 30 years, not even working. And whoever manages to become independent is forced to share a flat.. Once again, the government of "Progressive coalition" PSOE-Unidas Podemos is governed by its interests instead of listening to tenant organizations and prioritizing popular needs.

Fundamental measures must be taken

Such a serious housing crisis, It can only be reversed with the adoption of decisive measures, within the framework of an emergency economic plan, democratically debated and based on mobilization. With the prohibition of evictions, setting a social price for rents and mortgages according to income, the bonus to the most needy sectors, the elimination of tax privileges for speculators, the expropriation without compensation of empty apartments of large holders and vulture funds, blocking the increase in land due to speculative use and the implementation of a national plan for affordable housing for workers and the people.

Mobilization and political organization in the Vulture Cities

The solutions will not come from the PSC, ERC, JxCAT, PP o VOX porque, beyond its nuances, They are defenders of the capitalist market matrix for housing. The CUP lists that we in Barcelona and L’Hospitalet support from SOL, propose the adoption of immediate measures to stop the processes of overcrowding and gentrification that expel the neighbors from their lifelong neighborhoods, with rents so high that they are only accessible for tourism. It is time to end the model that creates vulture cities at the service of large holders and real estate companies. The CUP candidates are at the service of the struggles and neighborhood organization to provoke the fundamental changes that are needed.