Pollensa mayor, Miquel Àngel March, has commissioned two geographers to undertake a study of the municipality's housing situation. Pollensa has been overwhelmed by the boom in demand for holiday rentals, which has traditionally been confined to villas but which is now taking numerous apartments off the residential market. The study is also a response to one of the commitments made at the start of the current administration two years ago.
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Pollensa accommodation crisis caused by holiday rentals
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there wont be a need for seasonal workers never mind their accommodation
Liz, I think the question that needs asking is who are buying the properties that come onto the market ?.
I live in a small, rural village in England and there is no way my children could afford to buy property in the village they grew in up in. Both have very good jobs but have to live in nearby villages which have more affordable prices. We have no holiday let's in the village !!
Young people always move away from their maternal villages and towns. The world is a big place waiting for them! Apart from that there are HUNDREDS of abandoned houses in Pollença town. Many just wrecks needing to be reformed, creating a bad image for the town. Make the owners do this or compulsory purchase! If not, a good idea would be for the council to acquire those, reform them for social housing and rent to locals for as many years as needed to re-coup their investment and profit for the town. Unfortunately I envisage a future council renting them to tourists so an idea like this will never materialise. And I know what I'm going to say to the 'geographers' (i.e. a couple of UIB students with clipboards) if they knock on my door!
Hogwash, more hogwash. There is no problem to address. Market price is reasonable price. Accomodation for season workers is a problem for seasonal employers to resolve.