The Council of Ministers distributes 180 million in housing aid among municipalities in five communities. Madrid receives nothing because it has not declared tense areas.
According to moncloa.com, the Council of Ministers has approved the distribution of 180 million euros in housing aid among municipalities in five autonomous communities. The Community of Madrid is not included in the distribution.
The Secretary of Housing for the PSOE of Madrid, Pablo Torres, accused the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, this Saturday of leaving the region without that funding. According to Torres, the distribution reaches 317 municipalities in communities that have declared tense residential market areas, and Madrid has not declared any.
Without that prior declaration, there is no direct funding. For now, the Community of Madrid has no way to receive these funds.
Catalunya accounts for 271 municipalities and 119.4 million. Euskadi receives 31 million for 18 municipalities, Navarra 13.3 million for 21, Galicia 10.2 million for two, and Asturias 5.9 million for five. The Community of Madrid has 179 municipalities and does not appear on the list.
The agreement distributes funds among municipalities that have declared tense areas, a figure created by the Law 12/2023 on the right to housing. The money can only be allocated to the promotion and rehabilitation of housing, affordable or social rental, purchase of residential land, urbanization, acquisition of homes, and covering rental arrears.
Distributed among 317 municipalities, the 180 million amounts to about 567,000 euros per municipality on average.
The Community of Madrid has not publicly commented on the PSOE's accusation. There is also no indication that the regional government plans to declare tense areas in this legislative term. The Madrid PP argues that these areas cap prices and discourage rental supply, and the regional government is committed to expanding the public housing stock with the Vive Plan.
Torres criticized that stance in these terms:
Mrs. Ayuso allows herself the luxury of rejecting millions of euros from the Spanish government
There is no scheduled date for a rectification. Any change would require an agreement from the Governing Council or a debate in the Assembly of Madrid, and for now, there is no record of either.
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