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The measure was one of a dozen unveiled on Monday by the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as the government seeks to quell mounting anger over housing costs that have soared far beyond the reach of many in Spain.

Sánchez sought to underline the global nature of the challenge, citing housing prices that had swelled 48% in the past decade across Europe, far outpacing household incomes.

“The west faces a decisive challenge: to not become a society divided into two classes, the rich landlords and poor tenants,” he told an economic forum in Madrid.

The proposed measures include expanding the supply of social housing, offering incentives to those who renovate and rent out empty properties at affordable prices and cracking down on seasonal rentals. In Spain just 2.5% of housing is set aside for social housing, a figure that lags drastically behind countries such as France and the Netherlands, said Sánchez.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How does the state know which house you occupy / where you live?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They don't. They trust what I tell them.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Great. Would you be willing to declare your primary residence at another dwelling you don't live in just to help out a friend? Do you expect that to be an easy thing to do every month in order to trick the system? Do you think the landlord of the residence you're living in would simply lie down and take a fine if they know you've signed a contract to live there and declare it as your primary residence?

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My wife or son or daughter or nephew would certainly be willing to declare my holiday home as their residence. They probably spend some time there anyway.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Again, if they do, they won't be able to declare another home as their primary residence. So, sure, your daughter can declare your holiday home as her primary residence, but then her landlord in Madrid will get in trouble and as we all know: shit rolls downhill. The landlord will pass the fine on to your daughter. And if she is the landlord, good job, she'll have to pay the fine directly.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Most people don't live alone though.

I declare our actual home as my residence, my wife declares our holiday home as her residence, my daughter who lives in an apartment she owns lists her boyfriend as the tenant and she declares our other holiday home as her residence.

Also, what about people who legit need a second dwelling. Loads of people have an apartment in the city for the work week and a home in the country for the family, or split their time between two cities for business / work reasons. Are these situations illegal now?

It's just a dumb idea that sounds edgy that you haven't really thought through.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This description of your houses smells like rich people from miles man.

"Other holiday home" - proletariat, surely.

... but that's the type of people that these comments are talking about?

I personally do not own multiple houses.

[For example] I declare our actual home...

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's just a dumb idea that sounds edgy that you haven't really thought through.

I was ready to engage until this sentence. I know now that you're just going to waste my time.

Hah. More likely you're just painfully aware that it is indeed a dumb idea and realise that it's pointless trying to defend a poorly considered brain fart on Lemmy just because you don't want to admit you were wrong.

Honestly. Every city in the world is trying to ease the cost of housing burden but no one is doing this. I wonder why.

Some 18 year old economist blurts this out in any thread about housing to the applause of all the /r/antiwork dog walkers.