Vivienda estudia eliminar el IPC como referencia para la subida de todos los alquileres

The eviction of a 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen, by the company Urbagestión has reignited social and political pressure to push ahead with a new decree on housing, currently being negotiated by the government with its partners, which it hopes to present to the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Amidst this context, sources familiar with the talks between the parliamentary partners explain that the Executive is considering a new mechanism to curb rent increases for leases signed before 2023, whose income is still linked to the consumer prices index (IPC).

In contrast, contracts signed after that date are governed by a different indicator, which allows for more moderate and stable increases. The instrument being negotiated by the political parties, with technical details still to be defined, would activate the ceiling if prices become too high.