The PSOE calls for a ban on tourist rentals of single-family homes and for their licenses not to be renewed

PalmThe PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) proposed on Wednesday a ban on tourist rentals of single-family homes and, furthermore, the revocation of licenses already granted. The general secretary of the Palma socialists, Iago Negueruela, presented this measure at a press conference prior to the plenary session of the institution, which will take place this Thursday and which, among other issues, will vote on the matter. Vox's language audit in public libraries.

Negueruela stated that he does not know what the Palma City Council's proposal will be regarding tourist rentals, but believes that "it is no longer enough to simply prohibit tourist rentals in villas; we must be bold and take a further step and reclaim the existing properties." "The objective is clear: to recover apartments and houses for the citizens," said the PSOE representative in the City Council.

Thus, he recalled that "it was a progressive government that banned tourist apartment rentals in 2017." "Now only a tiny fraction remains, single-family homes, which have been allowed to operate with impunity for almost three years," he emphasized. "That is precisely why the Socialists are calling for a further step and the revocation of existing licenses: the law stipulates that when a license expires, it should not be renewed, something that would not incur any cost for the administration," Negueruela explained.

Furthermore, the Socialists will again bring forward the declaration of Palma as a high-demand area in order to limit rental prices and prevent them from continuing to rise. They will also demand a halt to the transfer of public land to private developers. "At a time of extreme housing crisis, land cannot be given away so that a few can profit at the expense of the majority," stated the Socialist spokesperson in the City Council, Xisco Ducrós.