Spain's 'Maricarmen decree' opens the door to evicting vulnerable Muface tenants
Reports say Spain's housing decree includes a route to evict vulnerable tenants from Muface flats, while Begoña Gómez's property 'holding' keeps growing.
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Sánchez's housing decree opens a route to evict vulnerable tenants from Muface flats
What lies behind the Spanish Government's new housing decree? According to published reports, the Executive has included in the so-called 'Maricarmen decree' a route to evict vulnerable tenants from Muface flats (Muface is the Spanish civil servants' mutual insurance body, which also manages public housing). Óscar López, the minister in charge, is said to have requested the eviction of a Muface tenant from the Maricarmen neighbourhood, and is also credited with attempting to evict a 74-year-old man with a 33% disability despite him paying the rent every month. The paradox is that Begoña Gómez's family was subletting 14 rooms of the €850 Muface penthouse, according to The Objective. The couple owns six flats and two parking spaces, according to La Razón.
The property 'holding' and the double standard
The news has come as a cold shower for left-wing voters. While the Government talks big about 'housing as a right', Begoña Gómez and Sánchez's property 'holding' — six flats and two parking spaces — carries on regardless. And it is not an isolated case: Izquierda Unida (United Left), the Government's preferred partner, also favours cooperatives that, according to municipal sources, 'sell the flats to their own people and then resell them at astronomical prices, profiting from housing'.
The official narrative is cracking. The figure of the vulnerable tenant disappears when the tenant occupies public housing managed by Muface. There is no sarracena or social shield there: there is eviction. The question is uncomfortable: why doesn't the social shield protect Muface tenants? The answer, according to one debate participant, is that Muface flats are public housing and, therefore, the Socialists consider them their own. They rent them out to their own people below market price so they can do business, including subletting.
The unions' strike and the antiestéticar of the far right
The shell game distracts with antiestéticar of the far right. While the unions call a strike, the Government waves the bogeyman of 'the far right is coming' to cover the hole. The strategy is not new: replacing the housing debate with the antiestéticar debate. But the numbers speak for themselves. MP Joaquín Martínez (PSOE), known as the 'Mr Wolf' of Cajamurcia, 'was in the eviction business before entering Congress', according to El Español. The archives are telling.
The 'vulture fund' and the 3% commission
The Government sold a state building to a 'vulture fund' with an alleged 3% commission, according to The Objective. If confirmed, the deal would be the final straw for an Executive that prides itself on controlling the property market. Public housing is sold, sublet and evicted. The circle closes.
With all this, the unions' strike and the discontent of left-wing voters are not an anomaly. They are the logical consequence of a decree that protects the usual suspects and evicts the vulnerable. The question is no longer whether Sánchez is taking left-wing voters for fools. The question is how many left-wing voters still believe the shell game isn't conning them.
What lies behind the Spanish Government's new housing decree? According to published reports, the Executive has included in the so-called 'Maricarmen decree' a route to evict vulnerable tenants from Muface flats (Muface is the Spanish civil servants' mutual insurance body, which also manages public housing). Óscar López, the minister in charge, is said to have requested the eviction of a Muface tenant from the Maricarmen neighbourhood, and is also credited with attempting to evict a 74-year-old man with a 33% disability despite him paying the rent every month. The paradox is that Begoña Gómez's family was subletting 14 rooms of the €850 Muface penthouse, according to The Objective. The couple owns six flats and two parking spaces, according to La Razón.
The property 'holding' and the double standard
The news has come as a cold shower for left-wing voters. While the Government talks big about 'housing as a right', Begoña Gómez and Sánchez's property 'holding' — six flats and two parking spaces — carries on regardless. And it is not an isolated case: Izquierda Unida (United Left), the Government's preferred partner, also favours cooperatives that, according to municipal sources, 'sell the flats to their own people and then resell them at astronomical prices, profiting from housing'.
The official narrative is cracking. The figure of the vulnerable tenant disappears when the tenant occupies public housing managed by Muface. There is no sarracena or social shield there: there is eviction. The question is uncomfortable: why doesn't the social shield protect Muface tenants? The answer, according to one debate participant, is that Muface flats are public housing and, therefore, the Socialists consider them their own. They rent them out to their own people below market price so they can do business, including subletting.
The unions' strike and the antiestéticar of the far right
The shell game distracts with antiestéticar of the far right. While the unions call a strike, the Government waves the bogeyman of 'the far right is coming' to cover the hole. The strategy is not new: replacing the housing debate with the antiestéticar debate. But the numbers speak for themselves. MP Joaquín Martínez (PSOE), known as the 'Mr Wolf' of Cajamurcia, 'was in the eviction business before entering Congress', according to El Español. The archives are telling.
The 'vulture fund' and the 3% commission
The Government sold a state building to a 'vulture fund' with an alleged 3% commission, according to The Objective. If confirmed, the deal would be the final straw for an Executive that prides itself on controlling the property market. Public housing is sold, sublet and evicted. The circle closes.
With all this, the unions' strike and the discontent of left-wing voters are not an anomaly. They are the logical consequence of a decree that protects the usual suspects and evicts the vulnerable. The question is no longer whether Sánchez is taking left-wing voters for fools. The question is how many left-wing voters still believe the shell game isn't conning them.
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