Palma will lose 1,000 public housing units due to the new urban planning law of the PP and Vox.

PalmMÁS por Palma has denounced that the implementation of the new Urban Planning Law on Strategic Residential Projects promoted by the PP and Vox will mean the loss of 1,000 public housing units in Palma's urban development areas, "a flagrant cut in the right to housing that favors large real estate developers and weakens public action."

As explained in a press conference, the new law "has modified the calculation for the transfer of urban development rights that developers must make to the City Council." This, they explain, will reduce the square meters that the City Council will receive for the development of public housing. Furthermore, public housing may be up to 30% more expensive, because it may be limited-price housing and not protected under the general housing regime. In short, the eco-sovereignty party denounces the consequences of this law as: "Less housing transfers and more expensive housing."

Eco-sovereignists have also lamented that the mayor of Palma has announced that, with the new regulations, 20,000 homes will be able to be built in the city's urban areas. Under the previous regulations (the General Plan), 6,000 of these would have been public housing. With the new law of the PP and Vox, there will be 1,000 fewer. "1,000 fewer public housing units means 1,000 fewer opportunities for working families, victims of gender-based violence, young people seeking independence, and the elderly without resources. That's 1,000 families that the PP and Vox are leaving behind, on the streets, without affordable housing," she harshly criticized.

From a social model to a speculative model: the setback of the new urban planning law

Furthermore, they also denounced that, unlike the General Plan approved during the last legislative period, which "prioritized the right to housing and established mechanisms to guarantee a high proportion of private and public protected housing at fair prices," the new law passed by the PP and Vox represents an alarming setback.

"The current regulations maximize private profit. There will be less public housing, and all protected housing may be at a limited price (30% more expensive), both public and private," Truyol recalled. "This means less social housing and less public action to address the plight of thousands of families who cannot find housing at a reasonable price." In short, they stressed that this law creates more difficulties for citizens and is "a clear commitment to speculative profit rather than collective well-being." "The 1,000 public housing units that this law provides will allow developers to make more profit," Truyol denounced.

A city without public services

Truyol has declared that "Palma's development projects will be dormitory neighborhoods, without schools, health centers, or green areas... but also with less public housing for those who are more disadvantaged. The PP and Vox are building a city that expels residents. A Palma enslaved by big speculators."

However, it favors real estate speculation and the recovery of the fair and sustainable urban planning model embodied in the General Plan.