Isabel Díaz Ayuso has given the green light to the previous work so that the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Interior has ready by mid-2024 the draft of a new regional Land Law promoted to "speed up and make the times more flexible" to change the use of the land and thus be able to make it available for housing needs.
In a meeting with the media, counselor Carlos Novillo stated that, after defining the recently begun legislature as the "housing" one, he is seeking to achieve a legal text that unifies the modifications that have been generated in recent years. and put an end to "the lengthy processes" that city councils have to go through to carry out their urban projects. "An urban planning with greater municipal autonomy where detailed planning is specific to the municipality.
Within the text, still in the preliminary phase, the simplification of processes and deadlines stands out, as well as the flexibility in the classification of uses, which will allow the town councils greater agility in the process of proposing "beneficial, necessary or purpose-driven projects". social" such as sports centers, schools, health centers, cultural centers or social housing. "Whatever each municipality requires," they conclude.
The future regulations, however, do not include specific measures for the most stressed areas of the region - especially the capital. In Novillo's opinion, the measure would be counterproductive and he argues that the state Housing Law "is an interventionist law, which reduces supply, which is against constructive private initiative, which goes against supply and which favors the increase." of rental prices".
