The Sejm yet passed the bill on social forms of housing development, which introduces revolutionary changes in the Polish real property market. On the 1 hand, the government will allocate as much as PLN 45 billion until 2030 to build apartments for inexpensive rental. On the another hand, a controversial amendment was adopted, which eliminates the nationwide work to build 1.5 parking spaces per apartment. Local governments will now make decisions on this matter, which critics believe is simply a bow to developers and may mean parking chaos in fresh settlements. This change, referred to by the opposition MPs as the "winner of the improvement lobby", raises immense emotions and raises questions about the future of comfort in fresh construction. The bill, after stormy deliberations, will now be on the president's desk.
45 billion PLN for inexpensive apartments. Government plan to fight the crisis
The main nonsubjective of the Act adopted by the Sejm is to increase the availability of housing in Poland. The government's agenda is to usage a giant amount PLN 45 billion by 2030 to support social construction. These measures are intended to fund, among others, Social Housing Initiatives (SIM), which offer flats for rent with average rent. It is simply a consequence to rising property prices and problems with the availability of mortgages, which affect millions of Poles.
Importantly, the Act besides introduces beneficial changes for residents of smaller towns. Thanks to the amendment tabled by Poland 2050, tenants of social housing in cities up to 100 1000 inhabitants will be able to acquisition their premises after 15 years. A period of 25 years was originally established. According to the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, this is “a very essential incentive for young people to stay in their hometowns”. The acquisition is to take place at a marketplace price, which is simply a compromise solution to stabilise local communities.
A controversial change in law. End of standard 1.5 space per apartment
However, the top controversy was raised by a provision that does not straight concern social construction, but is an amendment to the alleged housing speciality, known as the "lex developer". The Sejm, accepting the legislature amendment, decided to removing the national minimum number of parking places. To date, developers building fresh blocks had to supply at least 1.5 parking spaces for each apartment. This was a key provision to limit parking problems in densely built settlements.
From now on the minimum number of parking places will be decided by local municipal councils in local spatial planning plans or in decisions on building conditions. Developers have long lobbied for specified a solution, arguing that a rigid standard of 1.5 seats is inflexible and increases investment costs, especially in city centres with good access to public transport. Resigning this request will let them to build more densely and possibly greater profits from the same plot.
"Developer lobby won". What does that mean for the people?
The Sejm's decision was met with immediate and fierce criticism. Polish MP 2050, Rafał Komarewicz, did not hide bitterness, writing directly: "Unfortunately present in the Sejm the improvement lobby won, not Poles". According to opponents of the change, the transfer of competences to local governments in practice will lead to a drastic simplification in parking standards. There are concerns that local authorities will be subject to the force of improvement companies to attract investors.
What applicable consequences will be for future residents? Local experts and activists are informing us that there will be escalation of parking problems. fresh settlements can become even more crowded, and the fight for a free parking space will be everyday. It is expected that the cars will be mass-parked on pavements, lawns and access roads, making walking and emergency services difficult. It besides points to close relations between local governments and the improvement industry, which may affect decisions taken. An example is the fresh transition of erstwhile Vice president of Poznań, liable for housing policy, to the position of manager in the Polish Association of Developer Companies.
The stormy way of the bill and the scenes of the vote
The legislative process on parking standards was highly stormy and opaque. Attempts to amend the rules have already been made to “smuggle” them in draft laws on completely different areas, specified as the flood control bill. specified a course of action raised suspicion and was powerfully commented on, among others, by investigative writer Szymon Jadczak, who wrote: “I hope the CBA secures evidence of what is happening around the bill regulating the number of places in improvement investments. due to the fact that that is beyond the human concept."
Ultimately, an amendment eliminating the national standard was introduced by the Senate, and the Sejm in the final vote upheld it, rejecting proposals to keep the minimum rate. This means that the bill in its current form will be signed by the President. Despite the affirmative aspects of supporting social construction, it was the parking lot issue that dominated the public debate and left the sense that the interest of the inhabitants had gone further.
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