THE Spanish Minister for Housing, Carmen Chacon, announced that the plan to provide easier access to housing for young people, to be announced in October, will reinstate tax relief for rents.
She added that this measure had been abolished by the Partido Popular when they were in power.
During a press conference Chacon said that her department wanted to prioritise access to rented accommodation for young people, regardless of party colours and electioneering.
The Minister met the President of the Estate Agents Association, Santiago Baena, and also met the Youth Council. Next week she will meet representatives of the unions, business people and consumers, with the aim of agreeing the content of the plan.
Chacon highlighted the fact that, according to a study by her Ministry, 80 percent of young people who have finished their training and are working say that they would like to leave home but can't because of the price of housing, while some 60 percent say that if rents came down they would choose this option.
She insisted that one of the measures to make renting a property more attractive would be to give tax relief on the rents.
She criticised the leader of the Partido Popular, Mariano Rajoy, who maintains that the best way is to free land for building.
She said that this measure had been included in the 1998 law on land but only forced up the price of land by 500 per cent and housing by 150 per cent.
As a result, the socialist government approved a new law in July which promotes transparency in urban development and sustainable development.
The housing ministry has provided a guide on the new law for town councils, who will have to apply it.
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