La Tejita – Mayor of Granadilla will not attend meeting with Clavijo
La Tejita
“The mayor of Granadilla de Abona, Jennifer Miranda (PSOE), announced this Thursday that she will not attend the meeting called for this Friday by the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo (Canary Coalition), to which the first mayor of Adeje, also a socialist José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga. Miranda explained in a press conference that the decision was made based on the statements of Clavijo and several members of the regional executive regarding the refusal to acquire the plot on which the La Tejita hotel is being built”
Status of the construction of the La Tejita hotel, in March (Álvaro Morales)
La Tejita – Clavijo confirms the government will not buy La Tejita
La Tejita
Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands, being interviewed post-20th April demonstration, states that “Canarias does not buy land to prevent a hotel from being built” in reference to La Tejita. Yesterday, the major of Granadilla announced she would not attend a meeting with the president because the purchase of the hotel was not up for discussion.
👉👉Clavijo carga contra la alcaldesa de Granadilla por La Tejita: “Canarias no compra suelo para evitar que se haga un hotel” #Tenerife #Canarias https://t.co/b0exC0RZna
— Canarias Ahora (@Cahora) May 3, 2024
Employment – Unemployment at the lowest figure since 2008
“The Canary Islands closed the month of April with 167,468 unemployed people, marking a minimum since 2008, with 12,224 fewer people compared to the previous year, and it also becomes the region of Spain in which employment has grown the most in the last year, with 31,997 more employed. (Politician)”
April 2024 monthly labour market report summary (Edurne Rodriguez, Televisión Canaria in Fuerteventura)
Eco/tourist tax – The Teguise City Council rejects a La Graciosa tourists tax
The proposal had been presented by the mayor of Nueva Canarias Fernando Jiménez, who had already defended this measure in the electoral campaign, as a way of obtaining resources that should be invested in improving public services on the eighth island. The plenary session of the Teguise City Council (Lanzarote) has rejected this Wednesday with the votes of the government team (Canarian Coalition, Popular Party and Vox) to tax the entry of non-resident tourists to the island of La Graciosa, which belongs to its district, with an ecotax.
Island of La Graciosa (EFE)
Housing shortage – Why limiting housing to non-residents is complicated to implement
“Why limiting the purchase of housing to foreigners is not impossible, but it is very complicated and of doubtful effectiveness”
” Recent studies have linked the pressure exerted by foreign real estate investments with the rise in prices, so it seems clear that stopping foreigners would, at the very least, open up more houses for locals, although it remains to be seen what type.”
“The problem, Janer points out, is that the housing policy in these autonomous regions has been “meager”. The Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands occupy the last positions in terms of the construction of social housing in the last 40 years with respect to the total number of residential buildings built. “
“The UIB professor believes that European jurisprudence suggests that limiting the purchase of housing to foreigners has to be the “culmination” of a set of “serious policies” that, up to now, have not been implemented.”
