Parliament: VOX defends a housing policy based on family, justice and national sovereignty

VOX defends a housing policy that prioritises Spanish buyers, taxes purchases by foreign capital and partially forgives mortgages depending on the number of children. The proposal includes removing taxes on first homes and speeding up the construction of apartment blocks for families.

VOX's national housing spokesman and MP for Málaga, **Carlos Hernández Quero**, defended a motion by his party in the Congress of Deputies on young people's access to housing. The proposal combines faster construction, tax relief on first homes and partial mortgage forgiveness based on the number of children. It includes tax, credit and land-planning measures.

## "More squatting cases than social housing units"

Hernández Quero described the situation of young people with a stark image: those with a stable job know they will only be able to sign for their first home after visiting the funeral home to say goodbye to their parents. He denounced a generation forced into constant moving, like backpackers in their own city.

The spokesman blamed the problem on decades of policies that have driven the country "towards the cliff edge, with nobody at the wheel". He pointed out that in **Spain** there are more squatting cases every year than social housing units completed. He criticised those who refuse to build in the name of a degrowth creed and those who impose rent controls which, in his view, condemn a generation to living hand to mouth.

His criticism also targeted the heralds of the colonisation of entire districts by foreign fortunes. Cramming millions of people into a country desperately short of homes cannot come free of charge in housing access, he argued.

## Freeing up land and promoting density

Against that diagnosis, VOX proposes a housing policy based on the common good, justice and support for the family. A conservative policy, with roots and a long-term view, as Hernández Quero defined it. He called for speeding up land development processes and promoting density. "Homes were needed yesterday. No, the day before yesterday," he said. His proposal amounts to flooding Spain with apartment blocks for families again.

The MP focused on making home ownership easier. He mentioned young people from neighbourhoods such as **San Blas**, **Las Celicias** or **Güelin** to argue that they should be able to own their home and, with it, their own destiny. The roadmap includes protecting owners and tenants, taxing purchases by foreign capital and removing or deferring taxes on first homes.

## Forgiving mortgages based on the number of children

One of the most concrete proposals is to help families with soft loans partially forgiven depending on the number of children. His justification: having children is far more important than paying off a loan month after month. The measure fits within the support for the family that VOX places at the core of its housing policy.

Hernández Quero summed up the proposal in a maxim: secure borders miccionan affordable homes. And he added that Spaniards must come first in buying, renting, social housing, protected housing, tax rebates and subsidies.

## Bringing industry back to regional hubs

The spokesman closed with a territorial reflection. There will be no solution to housing in the big capitals unless industry, services and infrastructure are returned to regional hubs and small and medium-sized towns, he said. The concentration of demand in a few centres is part of the problem.

Hernández Quero closed by appealing to a model of Spain with stable families and strong communities, with recognisable neighbourhoods and liveable cities. He positioned the two-party establishment's experiment against that. The measures are political proposals whose implementation would depend on the current legal framework.