The Socialist Municipal Group of Castellón has once again offered the government of Begoña Carrasco a municipal housing pact, aiming to jointly tackle one of the main problems faced by residents of the capital of La Plana. Socialist spokesperson Patricia Puerta recalled that the PSPV has been demanding housing agreements for months and regrets that "the government team has rejected all collaboration proposals so far". "Housing should not be a partisan battlefield. We are talking about one of the main concerns of the citizens and a problem that requires dialogue, consensus, and joint work," she stated.

Puerta warned that the situation is worsening with increasingly worrying phenomena, such as the transformation of commercial ground floors into precarious residential spaces due to the impossibility for many people to access decent housing. "While prices continue to skyrocket and access to housing becomes more difficult for thousands of families and young people, we see situations that should set off all alarms. We cannot look away or act with indifference," she affirmed.

One of the issues that most concerns the PSPV is the future regulation of municipal aid for young renters. Therefore, the socialists have expressly offered the Popular Party to work together in developing the guidelines to ensure they respond solely to social, economic, and need-based criteria. "We want the aid to reach those who need it, without discrimination and without ideological whims. That's why we extend our hand to the municipal government to draft consensual, transparent, and fair guidelines," explained Puerta.

The socialist spokesperson expressed concern about the influence of Vox in this matter, after the far-right party publicly defended the so-called "national priority" in rent subsidies. "We will not allow housing policies to become a tool of exclusion. Public aid must serve to facilitate access to housing and not to single anyone out based on their origin," she stated.