The Association of Real Estate Developers of Madrid - ASPRIMA, has shown its support for the Urgent Housing Plan presented by the Popular Party, a proposal that includes 30 measures aimed at increasing the supply of housing and facilitating access to it.
Among the initiatives presented by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, president of the PP, the creation of the ‘Strategic Residential Project’ stands out, a mechanism that seeks to unify administrative procedures and reduce construction times. This measure, conceived as an emergency urban planning instrument, aims to bring legal certainty to urban planning management and speed up developments in order to increase the available housing stock.
The plan envisages the application of positive administrative silence, which would speed up the granting of permits for residential projects. In addition, it introduces tax reductions in VAT and ITP, with the aim of easing the economic burden on homebuyers and facilitating access to property ownership.
In the area of renting, the Popular Party proposes the implementation of the Anti-occupation Law, with the intention of guaranteeing the security of homeowners and promoting the availability of housing in the rental market.
ASPRIMA stresses that many of the measures included in the plan are the responsibility of the autonomous communities, which would allow their immediate application in the territories where the PP is in power. During the presentation, the councillors of the 12 autonomous communities led by the Partido Popular showed their support for the initiative and the possibility of modifying regional regulations to make urban regeneration operations more flexible. This, according to the association, would make it possible to promote the renovation of buildings and cities under criteria of sustainability and efficiency.
Carolina Roca, president of ASPRIMA, values the proposal positively and stressed the importance of these measures to respond to the housing deficit in Spain: ‘The necessary measures have finally been put on the table to solve the underproduction of housing, which is generating frustration among our young people and which, without a doubt, could affect economic growth if measures such as those presented by the PP are not taken’.
ASPRIMA has expressed its intention to collaborate in the design of the application of these measures, contributing the experience of the private sector to guarantee viable solutions from a technical and legal point of view.