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Navarra Suma has described in Parliament the housing policy of the Foral Government as “regrettable”, although the other parties have supported the management of Aierdi counsellor
  • The majority of Parliament has criticised the fact that the only alternative to the right-wing coalition is to build without measures. The PSN points to the war in Ukraine and the coronavirus as a short-term cause of housing growth.
Mikel Urabaien Otamendi @mikel_ura 2023ko martxoaren 10
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At the plenary session of the Parliament of Navarre, all parties except Navarre Suma supported the housing policy of the last legislature. Right-wing coalition spokesman Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniain criticized the Chivite government’s management as “unfortunate”. He considers that the protected housing stock has “collapsed”.

Sánchez de Munian has pointed out that, despite having more resources than ever in this area and that in the last four years the workforce of the public housing company Nasuvinsa has increased by 70%, the balance is "bad". “Over 15,000 people are waiting for home, more people than ever.” Arantza Biurrun, of the PSN, replies that this situation has been caused by the situation in which the “price hike”, a consequence of the “war in Ukraine and the coronavirus”, has “paralyzed” the protected construction, while the number of applicants has increased.

“Previously a protected home was being built and now not,” he accuses the Foral Sánchez de Muniain government. In this sense, he asks that within 30 years of the acquisition of the protected housing, a family may resell or rent it at the price they want in order to obtain benefits, which is prohibited under the new Housing Act, established last year.

"Your model and ours are totally different," said Jose Mari Aierdi, Counselor for Spatial Planning, Housing, Landscape and Strategic Projects. "UPN is committed to the market", while the current government wants housing to be a "social role".

As has already been mentioned since Aierdi, 2,000 protected homes have been designated this year. It considers that the protected qualification must be maintained in order to avoid the sale of homes built with public money and to carry out the public promotion of 520 dwellings, “although some municipalities are late in making promotions, including Pamplona”. “The one in Pamplona has been a great despair, because there is the greatest demand.”

He has also highlighted some advances, such as the existence of 900 homes in the public rental market, the arrival of rental aids to more than 5,000 young people and 1,300 vulnerable families, or the agreements signed with municipalities that have had "interest in meeting the demand" of their citizens, such as Sangüesa, Alsasua or Cárcar.

Although Geroa Baie, Left-Ezkerra and EH Bildu have generally been in favour of government management and against the argument of Navarra Suma, they have also criticized AiER’s counseling. Pablo Azcona, by Geroa Bai, recalled that in Navarre there are no more than 18,000 protected homes, and that the current system does not yet fully guarantee “housing as a right”, although it is far from the “housing bubble” during the UPN mandate.

Maiorga Ramírez from EH Bildu has pointed out that “for all citizens to develop their life projects” it is essential to “guarantee a decent housing”. “In addition, the sustainability and needs of the ageing population must be taken into account, but the right only proposes construction and construction.” Mikel Buil de Podemos shares this analysis: “UPN conceived housing policy as a construction. We advocate bolder measures such as price intervention.”

The spokeswoman for the Left Left, Marisa de Simón, pointed out that the right to housing is legally regulated and criticized the authorization of the disqualification of 18,400 protected homes. In order to guarantee the “right to shelter”, he is committed to the rehabilitation and expansion of the public rental park.