Lleida Provincial Council, together with representatives of the city council, organizations such as the UGT and CCOO unions and businessmen from the hotel sector, will meet this Thursday in “effective regulation Residences for tourist use in municipalities in the Pyrenees.” “We have workers living in caravans“To the well-established families in the area who see their leases not being renewed because they want to turn the house they live in into a tourist apartment,” said Juan Antonio Serrano, mayor of Viella (Vall d’Aran). the added challenge of a lack of affordable housing find education and health professionals “Those who want to go to work in the Pyrenees,” he added.
In such an area fight against population decline The number of touristic houses trying to prevent young people from leaving has also increased. Exponential increase since 2015When this type of tourist accommodation is implemented, change of residential use We condemn those who signed the manifesto from home.
For this reason, they demand that the Turkish Grand National Assembly supports the General Staff Decree. urgent measures regarding the urban planning regime However, residences for tourist use have been highly criticized by voices from the tourism industry and some coastal mayors. “Their situation is very different from ours in terms of access to housing It’s almost a matter of survival in many towns,” Serrano emphasized in an interview with this newspaper.
According to data collected by the provincial organization, the number of houses for tourist use in Alt Pirineu since 2015 multiplied by fourIt will increase from 1,298 to 4,719 by mid-2023. The same sources, in 2020, Attractions in the apartments offered They exceeded the number of places offered by any other tourist organization in Alt Pirineu and Aran.
“Only in Vall d’Aran are tourist apartments now open can cover 80% The vice president of the Lleida Provincial Council added that “63 percent of its current population will remain in Alta Ribagorça, 55 percent in Pallars Sobirà.” They had to buy or rent entire hotels We are working to provide housing for seasonal workers, and we are also finding that operating tourist attractions and businesses are being closed to provide them with a new residential use,” Serrano emphasized.
Emergency measures
The signatories of the manifesto believe that the decree introduced by the Government last November will have a “effective impact on society”. rebalancing the number housing suitable for permanent use as opposed to other uses” and, according to the signatories, “will help regulate purchase prices and access to rent and decent and adequate housing for the population wishing to live permanently”.
The manifesto emphasizes the capacity that will be created by the implementation of the decree. Gives decision-making capacity to local governments It is necessary for them to be able to adapt urban planning to the reality of each municipality, adjust the number, characteristics and location of tourist apartments and ensure that they adequately respond to the housing needs of the population.