Sánchez asks the EU for “the courage” to adopt urgent measures on housing, otherwise the crisis will be “an engine of Euroscepticism”

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Pedro Sánchez demands courage and urgent measures from the European Union to facilitate access to housing.

He warns that inaction on the housing crisis could fuel Euroscepticism in Europe.

It calls for more flexible financing and the granting of legal tools to countries to regulate rents and end speculation.

Sánchez stresses that housing must be a social good and warns of the risk of Europe becoming a shelter without housing if no action is taken.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezcalled for the “courage” of the European Union to adopt measures that facilitate access to housingbecause he believes that failure to act urgently on this problem could lead to it becoming a new driver of Euroscepticism.

Sánchez demanded this rapid action in a newspaper article Policy after this Tuesday, the European Commission presented its first Affordable Housing Plan, which, among other measures, will present a legal argument so that local entities located in areas with housing problems and wishing to limit tourist rentals have a legal basis to limit them.

Sánchez welcomes this plan which, according to him, shows that the EU is starting to act in this area, but calls for rapid adoption of the measures.

“The time for words is over. We need urgent measures (…) If we do not act with ambition and urgency, the housing crisis risks becoming a new driver of Euroscepticism,” he warns.

It therefore calls for decisive action by massively increasing flexible financing to address the scale of the housing crisis and ensure that member countries can quickly apply the legal tools needed to adopt Bold initiatives in rental regulation in the short term and remedy the impact of non-resident buyers on access to housing.

Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Berlin this Monday for a meeting with European heads of state and government, as well as representatives of the United States and NATO.

According to him, the EU’s true measure must be demonstrated in ensuring that all people can live in dignity, and to this end he urges act “courageously, together and without delay”.

For Sánchez, in a world of turbulence like the current one, Europe must continue to be a refuge for the values that underpin democracy, but he admits that they fade in the face of a problem as urgent as the lack of affordable housing.

After warning that if no action is taken Europe risks becoming a refuge without housingunderlines that as long as this right is not guaranteed, housing will be increasingly diverted to fuel speculation or for secondary uses, such as tourist rental.

It also highlights the problem that housing is increasingly seen as a financial asset rather than a social good.