The Government is favorable to exploring them cooperatives as a possible tool to expand the housing stock and contribute to easing the market. This was stated by the Minister Spokesperson, Guillem Casalduring the press conference after the Council of Ministers of this Wednesday, in response to a question about this formula. Casal he explained that the aim of the executive is to increase the number of homes available and that, in this sense, he is open to studying initiatives that can contribute to responding to the problem.
The minister has pointed out that any proposal that allows the situation to be approached from a transversal perspective or to explore new avenues to expand the housing stock can receive a favorable criterion from Government. In this sense, he has defended the will of the executive to evaluate tools that help to ease the tensions of the real estate market, among which the cooperative formula.
Despite this favorable predisposition, Casal he acknowledged that “there are still aspects to be finalized before we can move forward on this path”. As he explained, “they exist legislative issues and techniques pending review, as well as possible effects on current regulations”. minister has indicated that it is necessary to work on these elements to avoid duplicates between legal provisions and end of to define the aspects which still require adjustments.
