Isabel Rodríguez states that in 2024 110,300 homes were built, almost the same as new homes were created

The Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, said Thursday that Spain advances in the “good direction” to stop the housing crisis. Rodríguez has celebrated that in 2024 110,306 floors will be builtaccording to the data published by your department. It is a volume of real estate similar to the number of new households created, which were 111,500according to INE data. The head of Housing has celebrated this accompanying between creation of households and housing finished, in contrast to the deficit in the construction of real estate dragged in recent years.

This has stated at the inauguration of the General Assembly of the National Confederation of Construction (CNC), where it has pointed to a change in trend that trusts that it allows to correct the housing deficit. According to Ministry data, in 2024 They finished building 7.6% more floors than in 2023while the houses were increased by 14.5% whose construction began, up to a total of 122,220.

For his part, the president of the CNC, Pedro Fernández Alén, has insisted on the need for an agreement between political parties to reform the land law. Three weeks ago the normative change designed by the PSOE to give greater legal certainty to urban planning was rejected in Congress. In the face of the socialists’ approach, the PP defends their own law. The absolute majority of those of Feijóo in the Senate allowed to initiate its processing this week, although the popular recognize that their route will probably be scarce, since they foresee that they are blocked by the progressive majority of the Congress table.

“The lack of political will is incomprehensible,” the President of the CNC has reproached the political parties, who has assured that in both proposals there are “more similarities than discrepancies.” “It is time to lower the swords in this political battle,” He has reiterated. The employer considers that the reform of the land law is “urgent” to expedite new works and respond to the housing crisis. They estimate that it is necessary to build 220,000 homes every year during the next five years to alleviate the accumulated deficit and then reach a “cruise speed” of 150,000 properties.

“We only ask for soil and normative stability, the homes are already done by businessmen,” said Fernández Alén, who has assured that “Instead of a public housing company” what is needed is more public-private collaboration. However, the president of the employer has applauded the work of the Ministry of Housing, to which he has asked him to lead greater coordination between the rest of the departments, and has assured the holder of the portfolio that in the sector “his friends add more than his demons.”