He advocates allocating Sareb housing and developable land to social rental and calls for the recovery of the deduction for rent in the Personal Income Tax
September 14 () –
This week, Vox will defend in the Plenary Session of Congress a proposal to eliminate VAT on the purchase of a first home and habitual reinvestment and to grant a 100% tax credit on the Tax on Property Transfers and Documented Legal Acts for the purchase of a first home and reinvestment in housing, but only if it is “by a Spaniard”, thus excluding foreigners from this tax benefit.
It also proposes allocating to social rental both the housing already built that meets the habitability requirements and the developable land owned by the Company for the Management of Assets from Bank Restructuring (Sareb).
It is a proposal that Santiago Abascal’s party is making through a motion as a result of the interpellation they addressed to the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, last Wednesday during the government control session.
In addition to allocating these homes for social rental, the party also wants to set up an audited platform for requests so that, while Sareb maintains ownership of the assets, it is the town councils that request, based on demand and housing needs, this destination for the assets.
REPEAL THE HOUSING LAW
But that is just one of the eighteen proposals that Vox includes in its motion. The party also urges the Government to repeal the Housing Law that was approved in the last legislature and a package of tax liberalisation for the purchase of housing from which Spanish citizens will benefit.
They are also calling for the reinstatement of the deduction for investment in housing and for rental expenses of a habitual residence in the Personal Income Tax, as well as tax incentives for housing in order to consolidate population in “particularly sparsely populated areas of the national geography or with special vulnerability, such as Campo de Gibraltar.”
Other requests from the group include liberalisation of land, encouraging property owners to rent out their properties by increasing tax benefits on rental income from regular housing; or promoting public-private collaboration in order to increase the stock of social and protected housing based on a detailed study of the areas of Spain that are most under pressure.
PLAN AGAINST THE OCCUPATION
Several points of the Vox motion include measures to combat occupation, such as a modification of the law regulating local taxes to exempt owners of illegally occupied properties from paying the Property Tax (IBI) during the period of illegal occupation of the property.
Abascal’s supporters urge the government to promote a policy of defending private property in general, and specifically real estate; to promote “the pursuit and adoption of preventive measures against the phenomenon of occupation and unsquatting”; and to prevent a squatter from registering in an illegally occupied home.
On the other hand, Vox proposes to articulate protection measures by public authorities towards mortgage debtors and precarious tenants who have arisen, based on criteria of justice and subjection to temporary limitations in the short term.
Added to this are requests to strengthen legal security and regulatory certainty for all actors involved in housing (developers, builders, owners, tenants) and to streamline administrative procedures and bureaucracy related to building permits and the development of developable land, by promoting an increase in the technical and personal resources of the town councils responsible for drafting the relevant technical reports for granting permits.
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