Both representatives of the Popular Party pointed to a state-owned plot next to the former Torrero prison as an example of the lack of progress. They criticized the central government for announcing the construction of affordable housing there on several occasions without the projects ever coming to fruition
CHUECA DEFENDS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
For her part, Natalia Chueca defended Zaragoza City Council’s housing policy, based, she explained, on public-private cooperation, the release of public land and the promotion of new affordable housing developments. “Results, efficient management and legal certainty. While the Government of Spain has created uncertainty, the City Council has made housing the true cornerstone of its social policies by releasing public land through public-private cooperation and making the largest investment in affordable housing for young people and families in the city’s recent history,” she said.
The mayor also recalled the city’s project to build 32 affordable rental homes, awarded for 5.7 million euros, with construction set to begin before the end of the year. By contrast, she noted that SAREB has nearly 1,500 homes blocked in Zaragoza. “Those are 1,500 opportunities that Sánchez is denying the people of Zaragoza,” she added.
During the current legislative term, the City Council is promoting the development and construction of 3,500 public and affordable homes, a figure the PP considers unprecedented. This initiative is joined, as Chueca recalled, by “the comprehensive renovation of more than 10,600 homes in traditional neighborhoods.”
“In this Torrero neighborhood, the failure of the PSOE’s housing policy is clear, with repeated promises concerning plots that remain empty and without any project in sight. This is another example of how eight years of confrontation and division have harmed us, with no management, no infrastructure and, of course, no homes,” Rocío Dívar said.
The candidate also questioned the announcements made by the prime minister to expand the housing stock. “Dozens of ideas and promises from Pedro Sánchez, first 20,000, then 40,000, eventually reaching those 183,000 promised homes, but the reality is nothing,” she said. She also accused the government of blocking PP initiatives by refusing to transfer Ministry of Defense land in Aragon, where, she claimed, up to 2,000 homes could be built.
FEIJÓO’S PROPOSALS
At the national level, they recalled that PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo is proposing to reach one million homes during the next legislative term. His proposal includes repealing the current Housing Law and passing a new Land Law to simplify administrative procedures.
The package of measures also includes an Anti-Squatting Law to allow evictions within 48 hours and a reform of the Horizontal Property Law. In addition, Feijóo plans to introduce tax and financial measures to facilitate young people’s independence.
