The Vilanova y la Geltrú City Council has detected the diversion of bonds from rental contracts from the mediation pool for social rental. All the necessary procedures have been urgently activated to resolve the deposit of the deposit in the Institut Català del Sòl de la Generalitat (Incasòl). This situation exposed the owners of the stock exchange services. The professional malpractice of a municipal worker who was already removed from the service at the beginning of 2022 after verifying that the management application had not been updated has been indicated as the origin of the deviation.
At the end of the year, after finding supporting documents missing, the worker acknowledged the facts. The Councilor for Housing, Xavier Serra, regrets that "with this anomalous and totally irregular behavior, one of the fundamental values in the operation of the rental market is betrayed, which is the trust that the owners place in order to grow the available housing stock ”.
The City Council will file a criminal complaint for fraud, and will appear as a private prosecution as injured and subrogating itself in the position of the owners and tenants to claim the amounts diverted. Some of the owners and tenants suffered a situation of breach of trust by giving the deposit to the municipal worker, who offered to mediate to make a deposit of sums that never reached their destination. These mandatory deposits usually correspond to a monthly rent. As La Vanguardia has learned, there are 44 affected owners and the sum of the fraud is estimated at 30,000 euros.
The mediation bag for social rent is a program of the Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya. The objective is to increase the rental offer at moderate prices and mobilize the unoccupied housing stock. When a contract is signed and the deposit is deposited, the advantages for the owners are the provision of multi-risk insurance and legal defense during the term of the contract, the Avalloguer (a coverage regime that consists of insuring home renters) and monitoring of the contractual relationship. The advantages for tenants are facilitating the search for a suitable home for the needs and possibilities of payment, advice and processing of rental assistance if applicable. The Incasòl is the body that guards these mandatory consignment deposits. The economic amounts advanced by the tenants are used to respond, once the contract is finished, for any damage or damage caused to the home.
