Cantabria government backs new housing law protecting private property.

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The Cantabria Government will be promoting a new Housing Law that will protect private property. The Minister of Fomento attends the annual gala ceremony of the Afilia Inmobilia association and expresses his support for real estate agents.

SANTANDER, Dec. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) - The Government of Cantabria (PP) will promote the adoption of a new draft Housing Law that will address the main problems in this area,''such as "high demand, low supply and excessive prices," and to protect private property and include "all possible barriers".

"Although most of the powers to counter this phenomenon are at the federal level and have been organized in favor of the occupiers, starting with the law on access to housing passed by the government of President Pedro Sanchez, Cantabria will not leave a single crevice in the law we will draft to ensure that the owner is not left defenseless," said the Minister of Fomento, Roberto Media.

The minister said this during the annual gala ceremony of the Afilia Inmobiliaria association, at which the Cantabrian government confirmed its intention to implement the necessary measures to facilitate access to housing in the autonomous''community.

The government will again demand a "more sensible" national law that "does not put the interests of occupiers above those of owners" to increase the supply of homes for rent. Media defended the idea that the phenomenon of occupation or delays in evicting debtors "creates instability" and leads to many rental properties being taken off the market. In this context, he cited the example of Plan Moviva, a program created by the previous executive to activate empty housing in Cantabria, which received only six applications from owners.

As described by the minister in charge of these policies in the government, the housing situation is "worrying" in a country where there is a growing percentage of young people forced to live''with their parents.

"This government will build more public housing in these four years than in the last two decades," Media emphasized in his speech to the gallery. He also pointed to various rental assistance programs, such as youth bonuses and programs aimed at vulnerable groups, which will receive about 10 million euros by 2024 to facilitate separation from parents.

On the housing renovation program, he''said he will continue to demand from the Spanish government "money owed to Cantabrians" and to "cover the €28 million hole" left by the previous Cantabrian government.

Support for real estate agentsG/h3>

In his speech, the Minister of the Cantabrian Government expressed his support for real estate agents and stated that the future Cantabrian Housing Law, which is currently being drafted, will contain initiatives to strengthen the role of this important professional and business group in Cantabria.

'Consumers need security in real estate transactions, they need trust and these aspects will be supported through the content of the law' with the creation of a regional register of agents''on real estate, which will confirm to the client professionalism and reliability,' he noted.

The Minister offered government cooperation to these professionals to conduct training and awareness activities aimed at improving services in the real estate market.

"You have an open door at the Ministry," he told them.

Tax ReformG/h3>

In addition, he mentioned the tax reform that will take effect on January 1, which the minister said removes the income limitation on the youth rental deduction in the PIT, raising the age to 36, and reduces the transfer tax on home purchases to 4%.

He also reminded that the reform will 'benefit' municipalities,''at risk of dehousing, removing the income limitation on deductions from the PIT for the rent of a principal dwelling or for expenses incurred in moving to an area of Cantabria at risk of dehousing for social reasons.

In the Real Estate Transfer Tax (VAT) and the Legal Actions of Record Tax (LAR), the rate of the general tax tariff on the purchase and sale of real estate will be reduced from 10 percent to 9 percent.

The tax reform will also help, according to Media, Cantabrian residents to get their first home, thanks to a reduction in the transfer tax rate for main dwellings to 7 percent for properties worth up to 200,000 euros. Above that value, a general rate of 9% applies.

PREMIUM'. ' "TRAINERA" 2023

Association Afilia during this gala awarded the "Trainera" Award for 2023, which aims to recognize people, organizations and institutions that promote, participate and support the development and professionalization of the real estate sector. In the eighth edition of this award, it went to the association BPI Málaga for the leadership shown in its recent creation, for its commitment to innovation, ethics and property management with a comprehensive perspective on the real estate market.