Pedro Sánchez: "We are using all available tools to resolve the housing issue"

Lower House of Parliament, Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, during his speech (Pool Congreso)

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has defended in the Lower House of Parliament that his Executive is committed to the fight against inequality, and for this reason is using "all the tools to resolve the housing issue".

In his response to Gabriel Rufián, a member of the Republican Parliamentary Group, during the control session of the Government, the chief executive acknowledged that today 60% of inequality is explained by the impossibility of many people to access housing, whether it is rented or owned.

At this point, the president recalled the role of the communities in resolving the problem: "In a composite state, municipalities and autonomous communities have broad competences". He also reminded the audience that "during the first legislature, this Parliament approved the first state housing law, which is a fully-fledged public intervention in a market that does not work, and there are autonomous communities that are not using it".

Among the Government's most important actions regarding housing, the President went on to mention the increase in budgets in this area, the drafting of the new State Housing Plan, the ICO guarantees, and the measures proposed in the area of tourist flats, such as the withdrawal of 52,000 flats from digital platforms and the creation of the Single Register of Tourist Dwellings.

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, addresses the deputies | Pool Congreso

Economic progress and social cohesion

President Sánchez has once again celebrated Spain's economic situation in his response to Alberto Núñez Feijóo, a member of the PP parliamentary group, to whom he defended that this government is "one of the most decent, most stable and most effective in Europe".

In this speech, the chief executive recalled that the International Monetary Fund has just raised Spain's economic growth forecasts to 2.9% in 2025 and 2% for 2026.

"We are going to grow 2.5 times more than the euro area this year and twice as much next year. And three weeks ago, the main international rating agencies upgraded Spain's public debt rating to A as a result of the guarantee of the public accounts", explained Pedro Sánchez, who concluded by affirming that the Government "will continue to make Spain a triple A economy".

President Sánchez also referred to economic progress in his response to the member of the VOX parliamentary group, Santiago Abascal, to whom he claimed the contribution to the development of migrants, and the importance of promoting renewable energies and guaranteeing rights such as the right to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy.: "This Government is here to defend women's rights and also the progress and social cohesion of our country".

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