The president of the Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group (ASG), Melodie Mendoza, demanded this Tuesday that the measures to support youth emancipation be accompanied by a sufficient supply of affordable housing and resources for the municipalities with the greatest demographic difficulties. Furthermore, he has defended a response that addresses the needs of young people and the particularities of non-capital islands, such as La Gomera.
During the appearance of the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands in the plenary session of the regional Parliament, requested by the Popular Group, Melodie Mendoza addressed the measures of the Canary Islands Housing Plan 2026-2030 aimed specifically at young people and municipalities affected by the demographic challenge.
The president of the ASG Parliamentary Group valued the three million euros planned by the Government for the youth mortgage in 2027 and another three million for the purchase of housing for this group. He also considered appropriate the extension of the income and age limits for certain tax incentives linked to the acquisition.
However, he warned that these instruments are useful “as long as they are accompanied by a sufficient supply of affordable housing.” For this reason, he defended that the new public and private promotions of protected housing truly respond to the needs of young people.
Melodie Mendoza pointed out that the Canary Islands must attend to both territories with high residential pressure and those where population loss, aging and lack of opportunities threaten the future of their municipalities. In the latter, the possibility of recovering old and unoccupied homes to incorporate them into the residential park stood out.
In this sense, he highlighted the Rehabita Canarias program, led by Visocan, as a means of collaboration with city councils to expand affordable rentals. “In small municipalities, recovering even a few homes can make an important difference,” he stated.
The ASG parliamentarian also demanded that regional aid intended for municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants include technical assistance, especially for those municipalities that lack sufficient means to draft projects, manage subsidies or prepare residential land.
Likewise, he defended keeping the financing modules differentiated by island updated. Melodie Mendoza recalled that building or rehabilitating homes on non-capital islands “continues to have a clear extra cost due to the effects of double insularity that we cannot ignore,” a circumstance that must be considered in the housing response for La Gomera.
The president of the ASG Parliamentary Group concluded by defending that the new plan allows joint progress in the emancipation of young people and in the maintenance of the population in the municipalities with the greatest difficulties.
