The PCP has scheduled a mandatory parliamentary debate on housing for Feb. 15, warning that higher interest rates are creating a “big hardship scenario” for many families.
“In order to discuss and propose measures that will respond to the serious problem affecting millions of people related to the increase in home loan interest rates, the PKP has scheduled a preliminary review of its Emergency Home Protection Bill on February 15 next year. in connection with the increase in housing loan spending,” said PKP leader Paula Santos at the final meeting of the party’s parliamentary days, which took place from Monday to Tuesday in this district.
Paula Santos stressed that rising interest rates and prices for essential goods and services are creating a “scenario of great complexity and very difficult for many, many families.”
Against this backdrop, the leader of the parliament emphasized that the PCP diploma, which will be discussed on February 15, aims to “prevent families from falling into a default situation” and aims to “protect housing so that no one falls into a default situation.”
The party proposes that “an increase in payments through interest rates, before affecting this increase in payments, focus on a set of fees and commissions that are levied on the families themselves.”
On the other hand, PCP argues that home loan contracts can be renegotiated with a 35% rate cap to allow families to be able to “repay payments and monthly payments from their home loan.”
The party also proposes that, as part of the state-mediated review, a mechanism could be activated whereby the creditor bank converts a home loan into rent for a certain period, “also paying a monthly amount.”
Reacting to the prime minister’s statements on housing made by the prime minister in an interview with RTP on Monday, Paula Santos said the measures announced were “very vague” and PCP intends to “wait and see concrete proposals.”
However, with regard to the measure announced by the chief executive to “strongly stimulate private housing construction”, the PKP parliamentary leader considered that “this is what we had” and “does not solve the problem of access to housing.”
According to the PKP parliamentary leader, it is necessary that “the state and the government assume their constitutional responsibility to ensure the right to housing” either by “expanding public housing” or “by retraining”.
“We discussed the need to mobilize public assets that can be used for housing purposes and rented out, making this housing affordable for families,” he stressed.
Asked if the PCP had scheduled the debate for February 15 in response to the prime minister’s convening of the Housing Council on February 16 in an interview on Monday, Paula Santos dismissed the idea.
“The government planned it later. (…) [nossa] the date has already been set and is set for more than two weeks [de dias]so we are here today to announce its theme and discussion,” he said.
At this closing session, Paula Santos also announced that her party will schedule a parliamentary debate on its bill, which intends to give “executive character” to the ACT’s condemning decisions on precarious work. “.
“The PCP will continue to fight for replacement and better workers’ rights, starting with creating the legal environment for ACT to be more effective,” he assured.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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