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Spain Approves a Plan to Ease Its Housing Crisis
The plan triples public housing investment and directs 70% of funds to new supply and renovations, with subsidies aimed at young people.
- On Tuesday, Spain's government approved a €7 billion housing plan to address rising costs, a key political vulnerability for Prime Minister Pedro ahead of next year's elections.
- According to Eurostat, housing costs in Spain rose nearly 13% year-on-year, while the country maintains under 2% public housing supply compared to 34% in the Netherlands.
- An 'anti-fraud clause' introduced by Housing Minister Isabel Rodr ensures subsidized housing remains public, preventing historical practices where government-funded units passed into private ownership.
- Earmarking 40% of funds for new supply and 30% for renovations, the plan seeks to alleviate market pressures that have priced many Spaniards out of the market.
- Raluca Budian of the Observatory for Decent Housing called the investment a 'significant step forward' for a nation where housing costs consistently rank as the top public concern among Spaniards.
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Spain approves a plan to ease its housing crisis
Spain's government has approved a major plan to tackle the country's housing crisis. Rising rental and housing costs have priced many Spaniards out of the market, despite a recent economic boom.
The General Administration will take over this year's entire budget effort so that there are no "excuses"...
The programme for 2026-2030, with 7 billion euros, will be deployed in the second half following the agreement with the communities
With an investment that triples that of the previous one, the Council of Ministers ratifies a package of measures that provides for housing to maintain the status of protected on a permanent basis
The new plan will have 7 billion euros, three times the previous one. More information: The record rental price boosts the 'play' of investing in housing and paying the mortgage 'without effort' by tenants
The Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, advances that the State Plan will have mechanisms of transparency and control in the public processes and censorship that in Alicante "the PP has distributed the VPO"
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