"They're playing Monopoly with our streets": MÁS takes the limitation on home purchases to Congress

PalmAfter the PP and Vox rejected the proposal from MÉS for Mallorca To limit home purchases by non-residents, the pro-independence party will register its proposal in the Congress of Deputies. "We will not give up," said the parliamentary group's spokesperson, Lluís Apesteguia. "Our proposal empowers municipalities so that, if someone does not want to build their life in the Islands, they can say that they cannot buy a home," he explained at a press conference accompanied by the party's representative in the lower house, Vicenç Vidal. Both representatives called on the Socialist Party (PSOE) to maintain its vote in favor of the bill last Tuesday during its passage through Congress. "They are playing Monopoly with our streets, and this issue must be addressed," Apesteguia concluded.

"Access to housing is what generates the greatest vulnerability in the Islands," Vidal added. "We must act decisively." "If Parliament hasn't been able to take the step, we will, because residential use must be a priority," he continued. In this regard, he appealed to the Socialist Party. "The People's Party has already shown its true colors and chosen speculation, but the forces that voted in favor hold a majority in the lower house, and we expect to receive their support," he said.

Apesteguia rejected the criticisms made by the People's Party (PP) during the plenary session, in which they insisted that the proposal was unworkable because it conflicts with European regulations. "The European Commission has ruled in favor of exceptional, temporary, and evaluable measures, and the law aligns with the pronouncements of the European Union and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)," he said. "It is true that no housing measure has worked in the last three years," he insisted. "What do we do with people who can't pay their rent this month, with people who get divorced and have to continue living with their ex-partner because they can't each afford their own home?" he asked.