The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, has reproached Coalición Canaria for requesting a plenary session to talk about public housing when they had "abandoned this island" for nearly three decades.
"During the 27 years that CC presided over the Canary Islands, not a single public housing unit was built in Lanzarote, and we are building 400." These were the words of the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote during the extraordinary plenary session held this Wednesday at the institution, at the request of the nationalist group.
Corujo has reproached Coalición for requesting the holding of a plenary session to talk about public housing when for nearly three decades they had "abandoned this island." "Aren't you blushing? Aren't you ashamed?" the president questioned.
"We are not only building 400 public housing units, but we have also solved a historical problem with the residents of Valterra and have made the project and provided funding for the residents of Titerroy," said María Dolores Corujo, referring to the actions carried out both from the Cabildo and from the Government of the Canary Islands in the present term.
She also recalled that, for the first time, the island corporation has processed the transfer of land to the Canary Islands Housing Institute (ICAVI) for the construction of social housing on Triana Street in the city of Arrecife, in addition to providing direct aid to families on the island who have problems paying rent.
Similarly, she emphasized that it was in this legislature, and in a government presided over by the PSOE, when "the first Canary Islands Housing Plan was approved" as well as "it is the first time in democracy that we have a Housing Law" that "guarantees a constitutional right" and that was "voted against by both the nationalist right and the Popular Party." "And it is the first time that this Cabildo has a Housing Department," she added.
Therefore, Corujo questioned that CC "intends to give lessons" on public housing when "they were not concerned" when they governed.
In the same vein, the Housing Councilor of the institution, Jorge Peñas, has also detailed other actions launched from the area he directs, such as the awarding of subsidies to the municipalities of the island to avoid evictions without housing alternatives, an initiative for which 400,000 euros are contemplated in this year's budgets.
"Much to the chagrin of some, the progressive majorities in the Government of the State, of the Canary Islands, and of this Cabildo have weathered a pandemic, very adverse circumstances, and even so, we are leading the recovery, and also in terms of housing," Peñas indicated.
