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Insausti defends the autonomy of the City Council after refusing to cede to the Basque Government land in San Sebastian

PSE, EH Bildu and Elkarrekin Donostia called for the transfer of two municipal plots to the Basque Government for the construction of public housing and regretted the loss of the opportunity to offer protected housing for rent.

The mayor of San Sebastian, Jon Insausti.

The Mayor of Donostia-San Sebastián, Jon Insausti, has stressed that "the responsibility for town planning lies with the City Council", as he said after the municipal society Etxegintza decided not to give the Basque Government some land in the Infernu area, an institution thatseveral opposition groups intended to promote public housing.

Insausti has issued this warning at his usual Tuesday press conference at the City Council, shortly after the Board of Directors of the Building decided to reject the joint proposal of PSE, EH Bildu and Elkarrekin, calling for the transfer to the Government of these two plots of municipal property for the constructionof the planned public housing.

The decision was taken with the votes against the PNV and the PP , but the tie in Bosnia between the councillors represented in this municipal body led to the mayor's weighted vote imposing the negative vote.

Insausti has argued that these plots in the Hell area of San Sebastian "have never been on the table ofthe Basque Government "and" has no party "for this promotion." It is our responsibility and our task to promote in Hell, "said the mayor of San Sebastian, who has even stressed that" the responsibility for urbanism lies with the City Council ", in this case, to manage the construction of the planned 270 houses .

Insausti has denied that this issue will lead to a gap in the Donostia-San Sebastián coalition government (PNV-PSE), but the Socialists have criticized the jeltzales"attitude and called for" common sense and cooperation between institutions "to deal with the" residential emergency "which, according to the Socialists, requires"optimizing resources and pursuing new housing policies which, forgetting the outdated urban activities, have not produced the necessary results. "

The PSE-EE has ensured that the decision taken will "de facto result in the transfer of ownership of one of the two plots in private hands, the non-construction of public rental housing there and, in addition, the City Council having to pay about EUR 4 million. "

In similar terms , EH Bilduhas described as "regrettable" the failure to push through a proposal that would allow all public housing in Hell to be allocated exclusively to the rental regime, whileDonostiahas accused the PNV of "mortgaging" the future of the city because "it willguarantee private business with public money. "

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