The left-wing alliance Compromís-Front Valencià called for better access to housing at a campaign event in Castelló The congressional candidate Ignasi Garcia said on Saturday that rents and home purchases were no longer affordable for many working people. The candidate hopes to win a seat for the province of Castelló in the Spanish parliamentary election on 29 November.
Garcia put the housing policy at the forefront of the alliance’s main campaign event in the province. According to the Europa Press news agency, he argued that work must make a decent life possible. If a large share of wages has to go on rent, or families cannot afford to buy a home, that goal is under threat.
The candidate called for measures to prevent investment funds focused on high returns from accumulating housing, and to curb speculative purchases. He also advocated open-ended rental contracts to give families greater security. The alliance’s published information about the event gave no details on the legal arrangements or funding for these proposals.
Alongside housing, the alliance also addressed transport and public services. Joan Baldoví, Compromís group spokesperson in the Valencian regional parliament, called for better local transport links and improved connections between the inland areas and the coast. He also highlighted the importance of the ceramics industry to the province.
Baldoví argued that a vote for the alliance could hold back the far right while also representing the interests of the people of Castelló in Madrid. These are political campaign claims, not established consequences of an election result.
According to Europa Press, the event was also attended by Àgueda Micó and Alberto Ibáñez, who head the alliance’s list in the province of Valencia. Lara Manyes of Esquerra Unida and Núria Calduch of Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià also spoke. The event was hosted by Verònica Ruiz, a member of the regional parliament.
Compromís is standing alongside Podem, Esquerra Unida and Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià. According to the official election decree, both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate will be re-elected on 29 November. The province of Castelló has five seats in the Congress; the official campaign runs from 13 to 27 November.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).