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PP Revives 'Anti-Squatting' Laws; PSOE Criticizes Protected Housing

Congress debates housing initiatives: PP pushes for express evictions, PSOE points to alleged irregularities in Alicante and Logroño.

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The Congress of Deputies resumes its activity with housing as the central focus of debate, where the PP will present 'anti-squatting' laws and the PSOE will counter with criticism of protected housing management.

Following the Andalusian elections, the Congress of Deputies is resuming its legislative activity with housing as the main focus of debate. The People's Party (PP) will present several 'anti-squatting' draft laws, previously promoted in the Senate and blocked in the Lower House, aiming to generate discussion and potential fragmentation within the investiture bloc.
The PP's initiative proposes an express procedure for the eviction of illegal occupants within 24 hours, allowing a judge to order the property's vacation or the presentation of an occupancy title. Failure to comply could lead to immediate police eviction. Additionally, it seeks to increase penalties for housing usurpation and decriminalize the cutting of utilities in illegally occupied properties, enabling a community of neighbors' president to initiate the process.
Opposition is expected from the government parties and their left-wing allies, although abstentions or support from parties like Junts and PNV might occur, particularly regarding utility cutoffs. The abstention of the latter, along with support from Vox, could lead to the PP's proposal's success.
Concurrently, the PP will present a motion against the housing policies of Pedro Sánchez's government, accusing it of "sectarianism" and "interventionism." They demand a policy shift with measures to increase housing supply, ensure legal certainty, and reduce red tape, proposing "positive administrative silence" for construction licenses, public guarantees for young people, a reduction in VAT for new housing, and streamlined procedures.
In response, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) will bring non-binding proposals to the plenary session to condemn the "lack of control and transparency mechanisms" in the allocation of public housing in Alicante and Logroño, cities governed by the PP. They call for protected housing to have permanent protection and be exclusively for habitual residence.
Meanwhile, Sumar will present an initiative to prohibit the purchase of housing by legal entities, companies, and vulture funds, a proposal likely to be rejected by the PSOE. They also propose higher taxation for companies and investment funds owning housing compared to families' primary residences, aiming to establish their own distinct profile on housing matters.

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