- Families with children under 18 and retired or pre-retirees who have endorsed their children will be included
- It will be possible to remain in the house in the cases of forced execution after the award or payment date
The Commission for Monitoring and Coordination of the Social Housing Fund (FSV) has agreed to expand the scope of the Convention governing this and instrument, intended to serve families in difficulties due to the crisis. The modifications will allow to remain in the house by means of the payment of reduced rent in some cases and to include a large number of people or families that, previous report of the Social Services, are in circumstances of social vulnerability. The FSV was created in January 2013 and has 6,000 homes from 33 financial institutions.
The new agreement will allow people or families to stay in the dwelling they lived in, even if they have lost it as a result of a forced execution and after it has been awarded. This possibility is also opened for payment dates. In both cases a reduced rent will be paid, that is, between 150 and 400 euros per month or below in special circumstances, as provided for in the FSV Convention.
In addition, the personal and family circumstances that give the right to request a home to the FSV are extended. These are the following:
a) Family units with minor children (18 years old). Until now it was demanded that the minors were not more than three years old.
b) Persons in a situation of dependency or with disabilities for whom housing implies, in accordance with the report of the competent Social Services, an indispensable asset for the maintenance of their social inclusion and autonomy. The requirement so far was a disability of 33% or higher.
c) Elderly people in a situation of pre-retirement or retirement who, through guarantee, have assumed the debts of their children or grandchildren. This circumstance is new.
d) Other persons or family units with circumstances of social vulnerability different from the previous ones, previous report of the Social Services. This expands access to the FSV to many situations of untyped social risk.
The above requirements are maintained, such as unemployment and no benefits, single parents, large families or gender violence.
The FSV is intended for those who, as a result of an eviction, have lost their homes as of January 1, 2008. In the first year of application (2013), 1,537 applications were received and 780 homes were awarded.
