The real estate sector received the new European affordable housing law (Affordable Housing Act) presented by the European Commission with strong reservations. Developers, owners, and platforms agree in questioning that Brussels intends to establish a legal framework to restrict certain uses of housing.
According to the article, the sector criticizes that the Commission leaves most measures aimed at increasing supply, such as accelerating permits, mobilizing land, or boosting construction, in the realm of recommendations, instead of making them mandatory.
The opposite position is held by the Spanish government. Minister Isabel Rodríguez assured that these are "rules that go in the direction of its policies," showing support for the European plan.
The conflict arises between the vision of the Community executive, which wants to limit certain uses of housing through legal means, and the real estate sector, which argues that the fundamental problem is the lack of supply and that measures to combat it should be more binding.
