The limits will be updated by 8.5% this fall and a mechanism will be put in place to update them every January 1 based on the CPI. The aim is “to avoid unfair scenarios that could exclude many people from the official protection system.”
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport will update the document maximum income to access a VPO for sale or rentalwith the aim of adapting to the new economic reality.
Councilor Iñaki Arriola announced this change during the full parliamentary scrutiny of the Basque government, a session in which he recalled that the context of inflation after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine “can negatively impact people and families whose economies have not improved and leave them out of the system.”
The income levels to be registered in Etxebide are calculated on the basis of the personal tax return and applying a correction factor based on the characteristics of the cohabitation unit. If the maximum weighted income is exceededthe ability to access a VPO is lost.
Arriola has stated that the goal is “avoid unfair scenarios that could push many people out of the welfare system due to inflation.
For example, the situation may arise that someone who applies for a VPO sees his salary increase below the increase in the CPI and that although their real purchasing power has suffered as prices have risen more than their wages, exceeds the limits of the regulations and do not have access to sheltered housing.
The advisor explained that the limits are in force They are based on the 2011 regulations and that the country has not undergone significant adjustments as a result of the stability in this area in recent years. Given the current situation, it has been announced that the update will be included in the final decision of the future decree of the subjective right to housingwhich will be approved in the coming weeks.
The rule provides that, by way of exception, at the time of approval of the decision: a 8.5% update. For example, the maximum income limit will increase from 25,000 to 27,125 euros for social rental properties, from 39,000 to 42,315 for those who opt for a general VPO regime for rent or purchase, and from 50,000 to 54,250 euros for social rental properties. appraised homes.
Likewise, the decree, whose approval is scheduled for the coming weeks, states a adjustment mechanism every January 1 based on the CPI.
Source: EITB
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