The PCP secretary-general said on Saturday evening that the More Housing package does not solve any of the population’s problems and only guarantees more money for banking and real estate funds.
Mais Habitação, currently under analysis by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, “is essentially a set of guarantees to continue receiving more transfers to banking and real estate funds,” Paulo Raimundo criticized.
“Regardless of the outcome (…) it is not an answer to any problem that needs to be solved. What was needed was to deal with the fundamental problem (…), which is to make banks pay for the increase in rates with their profits (…) And there is no measure in the Mais Habitação package (…) that solves any of the problems we have, neither access to housing nor the question of rents,” the communist leader said on the parties popular of Amora, Seixal.
Paulo Raimundo again defended one of the party’s proposals: “What was needed, as we suggested, is for the government to put in place a moratorium [de capital]as it did during the period of covid[-19]”repay the loan on more favorable terms”he explained.
Mais Habitação includes tax incentives, which stipulate that anyone who moves a house from AL to rent is exempt from IRS on rent for several years, and there are also no limits on the definition of the value of the rent.
On the other hand, in areas of urban pressure, the AL will be subject to an extraordinary contribution of 20% – which is levied on a portion of the income generated and whose calculation takes into account the average rental values and the income of the property Good .
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has until August 29 to veto or issue the More Housing package.
“Theoretically eight days to take it to the Constitutional Court and then another 12 days to enact or veto it. I will spend my mornings and evenings on that for the next few days, even on vacation,” said he Thursday.
“Maybe it’s the issues in the beginning that are more ‘divisive’ and controversial, at least one of the laws. [Uma] it is an operating law of the public administration, to make housing construction and access to housing faster and end bureaucracy, the other is the one that enforced rent and local housing. [Para] I need to take a closer look at this one,” the head of state indicated.
Source: DN
