The Berri-Otxoak platform denounces in Bilbao the tightening of the conditions for access to rental aid from the Basque Government
- According to the agent’s complaint, the housing service of the Basque Government (Etxebide) has tightened the conditions for access to housing or housing aid. To denounce the institution ' s attitude, Tuesday organized a mobilization to the Government headquarters.
On Tuesday, at 11:30 PM, the Berri Otxoa platform, an agent for combating social exclusion and social rights, claims that Etxebide has increased the requirements for housing or logols rental aid.
The members of the agent note that “the Basque Government will apply for enrollment in the Basque Housing Service – Etxebide for three years to access the Economic Housing Benefit. It now takes no time to access the two benefits that will disappear on 2 April.” They also recall that the current Decree that will develop the current Housing Act foresees the disappearance of the Supplementary Housing Benefit of Lanbide and the Emergency Social Services Aid. It will thus establish a single rental aid: Economic Housing Benefit.
The agent wanted to focus on the consequences of the requirement of having to be in Etxebide for three years, the families requesting this assistance being left unassisted and the new applicants waiting for three years.
Finally, the political parties in power have criticised the attitude developed on the housing issue. Specifically, they wanted to claim that the existing public etxebizitza.parke is insufficient and that private rentals are not regulated.
The housing problem is a structural problem that comes from far away. What should be a human right is nothing more than a subjective right. I say that it is a fraud because, although all the institutions and all the political parties say nice words, they do not grasp the... [+]
Frantziako Estatuko diputatuak eta senatariak ados jarri dira. Orain arte, alokairu turistiko bat alokatzen zutenek etekinen %50 zergapetik kentzeko aukera zuten, urte osoko alokatzaileek, berriz, %30. Lege proposamenak biak hein berdinera ekarriko ditu, hots, %30era.
