El Javea Town Hall held yesterday, via telematics, the plenary session corresponding to the month of April in which the payment of different invoices was approved. Among these points, the Popular Party spokesperson asked about the contract for a study on the dimensioning and characteristics of tourist homes which amounted to 15.000 euros.
Cardona asked about the "capacity" of the winning company, "having qualified professionals in the Town Hall" to carry out this study.
The popular spokesperson questioned the government team if the purpose of this study was to paralyze the tourist rental activity, since the justification for the study indicates "Take urgent measures to regulate the phenomenon of housing accommodation for tourist use that is growing rapidly and whose oversizing, in some areas, may endanger the city model." Likewise, Cardona indicated that many residents of Xàbia "they live by renting their home"Therefore, it does not consider it appropriate to carry out this study and more in the situation we are going through.
From the government team, the Councilor for Tourism, Antonio Miragall, indicated that the study began last February in order to know this real situation and see what measures can be carried out to facilitate the activity of tourist rental.
Miragall stressed that "Xàbia has 8.000 legal tourist rental homes and 2.000 hotel beds".
Citizens ask for a bonus for PROHA housing
On the other hand, but in terms of housing, the spokesperson for Ciudadanos Xàbia, Enrique Escrivá, also intervened in the plenary session proposing that the feasibility of owners who give up their empty homes to PROHA benefit from discounts on the water bill and municipal taxes be studied, "In order to increase a local housing stock more necessary than ever", as Escrivá has pointed out.
A task carried out by the municipal housing service, but which on many occasions is met with the reluctance of many owners who prefer to have their homes closed 10 months a year and rent them in the summer.
The mayor has transferred the proposal to the Plenary in order that "From the municipal government, this measure can be articulated with the maximum possible consensus of all parties, since it is a proposal framed in the Pact for Social and Economic Recovery that we sign all groups, especially when exploring modifications in municipal taxes that allow articulating aid and bonuses for xabieros ".
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