Patxi López specifies that the Housing Law considers large holders to be those who have 10 and "in very exceptional cases 5"

He says that 99.15% of squats are abandoned homes from vulture funds or large holders and 0.85% would be "burglary"

MADRID, 25 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PSOE spokesman in Congress, Patxi López, has assured this Tuesday that the proposed Government Housing Law agreed with ERC and EH Bildu considers those who own ten homes to be large holders, although in "very exceptional cases", which do not has detailed, they may also be those who have five.

The law affects "large holders, who are those who have ten homes and, in very exceptional cases, five," López pointed out in an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press.

The socialist spokesman has commented that he knows people who have some additional housing as a "complement", for example, to a pension, but he has added that he does not know of "anyone who has bought more than 10". "With which he begins to be a great fork", he has stressed, describing as "quite privileged people" those who have been able to buy them.

López has emphasized that in Spain 43% of the salary is dedicated to renting the house, which is "the big problem". That said, he has pointed out that 0.85% of squats are made on properties used by the owner and has stated that this is trespassing, for which there are "sufficient mechanisms" for judges to order "eviction and vacancy of the dwelling".

"99.15% of squats are carried out in abandoned houses belonging to vulture funds or large holders. I am not saying that there is no need to undertake answers to this question" and there are also mechanisms to solve it, he continued.

López has defended that the PSOE has presented in Congress two amendments to give an instrument to the judges so that they can claim, from those who occupy it illegally, some document that relates them to that house and if they cannot, "evict them in 48 hours".

"In the housing law, the judge can request a report from the community on whether that family is in a vulnerable situation, and if it is, put it in the hands of social services and seek a housing solution," he pointed out.

For eviction cases, the spokesman has indicated that the new Law seeks arbitration to try to find housing solutions for vulnerable people and families, while regarding the limitation of tourist apartments, he has indicated that it is "a municipal competence" and corresponds to councils make those decisions.

López has also taken the opportunity to charge against the PP for criticizing the Law and not "contributing anything", creating "a problem about a fallacy". "Many ghosts are being told", he said, to divert attention, because what the 'popular' do not like is that rental prices are limited, that public housing is put into circulation and that these houses cannot be sell.