Navarre begins the procedures for declaring a stress zone in 21 municipalities

He Government of Navarre has initiated the administrative procedures for reporting Emphasized residential market area to 21 municipalities of the Foral community, where 68.3% of the Navarrese population lives. These are Pamplona, ​​​​Tudela, Valle de Egüés, Burlada, Barañáin, Zizur Mayor, Estella-Lizarra, Aranguren, Berriozar, Tafalla, Ansoáin, Villava, Corella, Noáin, Cintruénigo, Baztan, Altsasu, Huarte, Berrioplano, San Adrián and Peralta, population 459,088.

This was announced on Monday during a press conference by the third vice president and advisor of Housing, Youth and Migration Policy, Begoña Alfarowho clarified that “nothing is formally declared, but rather we are announcing the areas in which we will start the process, the specific administrative procedures of which will begin in January.”

Alfaro explained that statistics from the College of Registrars of Spain, the Navarrese Institute of Statistics, the Foral Treasury of Navarra and the Rental Register of the Government of Navarre have been analyzed to determine whether the price evolutionboth for purchase and rental, is three points higher than the CPI or if the effort of families to buy or rent is higher than 30% of the average household income.

The counsel pointed out that the measure “is necessary because public authorities must use all available instruments to try to stop the permanent escalation of house prices that is pushing thousands of families out of the market.” “We are in a situation of social emergency and all measures are necessary to alleviate this situation,” the Vice President stated.

Last week, the Navarre parliament approved the amendment to the regional law on the right to housing, which will allow the regional government to limit house prices in areas considered to have a tense housing market.