2024-01-11 16:34:37
Minister of Territory, Ester Capellaassured this Thursday that the containment of the rental prices will enter into force on Catalonia during the month of February. In an appearance from Madrid after meeting with the Minister of Housing, Isabel RodriguezCapella has explained that they have agreed to finish the work in the coming weeks to approve and publish the reference price index for rents that must be applied to be able to declare zones tenses the 140 municipalities indicated by Territory. “It’s very good news”, said Capella, who celebrated having been able to “derail” the publication of this index, essential to “make effective” income restraint.
In this total list of 143 Catalan municipalities there are 16 localities from the Girona counties: Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Palamós, Palafrugell, the Bisbal d’Empordà, Girona, Salt, Sarrià de Ter, Santa Coloma de Farners, pigs, bathrooms, Olot, Repoll, Fig trees i Puigcerdà.
“The month of February will come into force in income withholding in Catalonia”, highlighted the minister. In a statement, the Ministry of Housing also informed that it plans to publish “during the month of February” theRental Reference Price Index. As detailed by Capella, the new rule does not have retroactive effects and will have a different application depending on whether the owner of the apartment is a small owner o one great holder.
For Capella, the agreement was “expected” and shows a certain harmony with the new minister Rodríguez, however, he regretted that the pact on the indices arrived now. From the ministry they recall their investment effort in Catalonia in terms of housing and they recall that the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience plan has transferred 298 million euros to the Generalitat for the rehabilitation and regeneration of neighborhoods which add up to 126 million of euros for the promotion of social rental housing in energy efficient buildings.
Last June the Government it expanded from 60 to 140 the municipalities with tense areas for the price of the house where the owners will have to limit the price of the rent. In these areas, where they reside 6.2 million people i 80% of the total Catalan population, there are practically all the localities in the metropolitan area of Barcelona; the four capitals, part of the coastal counties and others in the mountains such as Ripoll, Puigcerdà, Mollerussa, Solsona or Torelló, among others.
According to the new rule, the rent of the new contracts cannot exceed the price of the last contract in force in the last five years after the annual update. If these are homes of a large owner (natural or legal person with more than ten urban properties for residential use), the rental price cannot be higher than the reference index of the rental price.
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The limitation of rents “comes too late”
He Union of Tenants believes that the regulation of rental prices in Catalonia”it’s very late“. This is how the organization’s spokeswoman assessed it, Carmen Arcarazo, after the Minister of Territory, Ester Capella, has announced that the withholding of income will begin to be applied during the coming month. “It seems that it will come into force in February, but we don’t want to take it for granted,” said Arcarazo, who recalled that the housing law was approved eight months ago. The entity has remarked that it avoids “celebrating anything” until it sees “them details that day small letter” of the agreement and has questioned the new index that will be published by the State Executive.”It may have holes and that it doesn’t end up lowering rents as much as would be fair,” said Arcarazo.
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