Spanish government commits to controlling rental prices
FILE PHOTO: People walk past an apartment complex that advertises Properties and parking available in Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will regulate rental prices in areas where the demand for homes outstrips those on offer, Treasury Ministry Maria Jesus Montero said on Tuesday, the latest twist in a drawn-out internal spat between coalition partners Unidas Podemos and the Socialists.
“The regulatory package contemplates different parts (of the real estate market) which have to be regulated, among which is the fight against exploitative rental prices,” Montero told reporters on Tuesday.
Spain’s leftwing coalition government made affordable housing a policy priority, although the economic crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has complicated its ambitions. The hard-left Podemos advocates price caps without exceptions.
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Spain to form vaccine convoys through historic snow dump
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Madrid: Emergency crews in central Spain will form vaccine convoys through the snow, after clearing 500 roads and rescuing some 1500 stranded people, allowing a weekly shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be distributed to regional health authorities.
The Spanish government said it would on Monday send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies to areas cut off by Storm Filomena, the country s worst snowstorm in recent memory, which has killed four people.
MADRID (AP) Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and other areas on
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