Politics has a very curious habit.
It constantly repeats to us that everything takes time. That procedures are slow. That reports are missing. That administrations have their rhythms. That certain actions require patience.
Until one day we discover that it doesn't.
That when there is political interest, administrative will, and a clear priority, things can move forward at a surprising speed.
And then one begins to wonder if the problem was really time or simply priorities.
The recent urban planning modification to allow the construction of almost 300 private homes in Los Geranios proves it once again.
Lanzarote needs housing. A lot of housing.
The housing crisis is a reality that affects young people, working families, and people who, despite having employment, are unable to access decent housing.
Building housing is not the problem. The problem is seeing how certain actions always find a fast track while others remain trapped for years in a kind of administrative limbo.
Coalición Canaria and Partido Popular have been talking to us about housing for months. The problem is that talking about housing is one thing, and doing housing policy is quite another.
Because when the time comes to decide where institutional energy is placed, where procedures are accelerated, and where solutions appear, real priorities end up being revealed.
When we talk about protected housing, reports, technical committees, and meetings appear. When we talk about certain private developments, bureaucracy suddenly discovers that it also knows how to run.
Meanwhile, thousands of families continue to wait.
And here it is worth remembering.
The public housing that we see being built today in Lanzarote was not born by spontaneous generation. A good part of these developments originate from the work carried out during the Pacto de las Flores era.
It was then that a public housing policy that had been abandoned for too long was revived. Projects, financing, and developments were promoted that are now beginning to materialize on the island.
Because let's not fool ourselves.
When we talk about almost 300 private homes, someone is going to make money. The landowners, the developers, the construction companies, and the investors.
And there is absolutely nothing illegal about it.
The question is to ask why there is so much capacity to expedite what generates private profit and so little determination when we talk about guaranteeing basic rights.
Because while some will legitimately do business, others will continue to wait for public housing, affordable rent, or the opportunity to become independent.
And Argana Alta will continue to wait for a health center.
That project that always seems to be close, but never quite arrives.
Argana Alta does not need more announcements. It needs consultations. It needs professionals. It needs a healthcare infrastructure in line with the reality of one of the most populated neighborhoods in Arrecife.
What is truly striking is not that almost 300 private homes are being built.
What is truly striking is that for that, the political urgency appears, which mysteriously disappears when we talk about protected housing, affordable rent, or the Argana Alta health center.
It must be a coincidence.
One of those coincidences that always end up benefiting the same people and making the usual people wait.
Because the real priorities of any government are not discovered in speeches.
They are discovered in deeds.
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