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The PSOE Proposes that Town Halls Buy Homes to Rent Them Out

21 February 2019 – Eje Prime

The PSOE wants to create a public stock of rental homes, with reference prices, which will end up affecting market prices. To this end, in its framework program for the municipal elections to be held on 26 May, the party led by Pedro Sánchez is proposing that Town Halls purchase (already built) homes for rental, although without considering those that come from evictions executed by the banks.

The text reflects the “absolute priority” of creating a public rental stock that is “sufficiently large” with which to develop active policies that facilitate access to housing for citizens and which “affect the prices in the rental market”, according to reports from Europa Press (…).

In terms of public subsidies for the rental sector, the socialists propose taking into account the different life needs of each cohort, such as young people who want to buy their first home and older people who are looking for family consolidation projects. Similarly, they foresee the creation of a stock of rental homes for young people (…).

Original story: Eje Prime 

Translation: Carmel Drake