We have been talking for months about the study by the University of Alicante that would put on the table the situation of Dénia with respect to housing, especially in relation to tourist rentals, and its famous package of proposals for the City Council to act accordingly. Since June it was kept secret, the only consequence of which that came to light was the precautionary blockage of new tourist rentals in the urban areaBut this Thursday the results of the study were finally detailed and we now know the first two measures that the council will take to, on the one hand, control tourist rentals and, on the other, facilitate access to housing.
The study has managed to make a census of the number of tourist rentals and places that are located in the municipality of Dénia. As expected, the majority, more than half, are concentrated in MarinesFollowed by Les Rotes and Montgó, with almost a third. In the town centre there are 674 rentals of this type, out of a total of 5.040 in the entire municipality, which represents 13,4%. But it is there where there is the highest population density throughout the year, in the town centre, so the first measure in relation to tourist rentals is aimed at its neighbourhoods.
The ceiling of tourist rentals per neighborhood
As announced during the presentation of the study Maria Josep Ripoll, Councillor for Territory of Dénia, will soon implement one of the proposals of the drafting team, which consists of putting a limit on the number of tourist rentals per district, based on a ratio of places per 100 inhabitants. In this way, the particularities of each district are taken into account, especially in relation to the density of residents who live there all year round.
The limit is yet to be decided, although it will be between 30 and 50 places per 100 inhabitants, according to reports. This would imply that several neighborhoods in Dénia would already be at the limit or even exceed it, taking into account the current ratios of each of them..
Aid to return vacant homes to the market
The second measure, which is more surprising, does not consist of a limitation on short-term rentals, but rather targets the empty houses in the municipality. The City Council will try to get them back on the market, and do so as long-term rentals. There are more than 5.000 of them in the entire municipality, which would be a turning point in the current situation, since in the entire municipality the number of main residences does not reach 18.000.
How will they do it? They will study a line of municipal aid for the rehabilitation of these empty homes, but conditioning it so that only those owners of empty homes who want to put them on the long-term rental market can access this aid. In other words, all those who intend to use these properties to put them on the tourist or short-term rental market will be excluded.
How tiresome this newspaper is with the subject of tourist housing.
It turns out that there are more empty houses than tourist houses, but they continue to persist with the issue, promoting tourism-phobia.
It has already been said time and again... the owners are not going to give away their homes, as we know that people tend to be very generous when the money or the property is not yours, by the way, politicians could also put their second homes up for rent. Until the owner of the home is given legal security against squatters and tenants, many of them, 5000 homes, are not going to put their houses up for rent.
They can publish 5000 articles and continue promoting tourism phobia...
The only thing they will achieve with this is to raise prices even more. We have an example of this in the measures of the Spanish Government (what an example). They want to get their hands on rental housing and what they should fix (the issue of occupations) is of no interest to them. The opposite effect will be created and "illegal" rentals will be encouraged. They legislate without taking into account housing professionals. That's how things are going for us. Denia cannot live with its back turned to tourism because, in addition, there are very few hotel places. They should dedicate themselves to improving their services. The lighting in many parts outside the centre is shameful or non-existent. The politicians who live off this city are a bunch of useless people.
Next year the city will steal houses from foreigners to rent them out
Prices go up because they are raised by people who only want to earn more money. What cannot happen is that young people cannot have a place to live because prices are exorbitant. 90% of young people here, if they do not inherit, will be left without a home, abandoning the area and causing Denia to end up like a large part of empty Spain; empty. Communities that are 4 times more touristic have their prices and rents regulated, giving rise to easier access to housing, whether rented or mortgaged. I am 24 years old and none of my colleagues will be able to buy a house for 20 or 30 years because they are asked for €2.500 a month as a salary and at least €50.000 in advance by the bank for a 30-year mortgage. When in Granada, where I used to live with more services and 7 times more tourism, you buy a house four times the size in a short time. This has not been caused by tourism or politicians. You have caused it, the majority of older people who say that Spain is getting worse because of young people when it is the older people who double or quadruple the price of housing, making us have to leave Spain, not only because of politicians, but also because of the absurdly increased prices of housing, I repeat, by the same older people who paid 4 duros for their house. Because as the neighbour has taken out 90€ for his 190.000 square metre flat, I take out 250.000€ for mine and if he rents it out for 700€ a week, then the other one goes and rents it out for 900€ and that thinking means that your children, grandchildren or children and grandchildren of another person cannot have a decent home due to your ignorance of raising the price without control. Thank you very much and best regards.
In Granada, centre, flats range from 300.000 to 600.000 euros, as easy as looking at any property search engine. In Denia, centre, from 200.000 to 500.000.
Your argument that older people are to blame, I don't even get into it, my eyes bleed.
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