Sagunto to shield Baladre residents from other neighbours' unpaid debts
Sagunto City Council approved a VOX motion, with an abstention from Izquierda Unida, so that communities of homeowners will not have to pay debts left by non-paying neighbours under the Pla de Barris programme.
Residents of the Baladre neighbourhood can breathe a little easier after the latest Plenary Session: Sagunto City Council will have to draft an addendum so no community of homeowners has to cover unpaid bills left by individual neighbours under the Pla de Barris renovation programme. The measure, pushed by VOX, was approved thanks to an abstention from Izquierda Unida, two and a half years after paperwork for this programme began.
The real issue, argued councillor José Tomás Serrano, was never who had to pay for the works, but how the bill was collected: the council's original system left entire communities exposed if just one owner failed to pay their share. Serrano noted that the mayor himself admitted during the debate that his team was already looking for a similar fix, though without results so far.
Under the addendum, the City Council itself will take on the debt claims against non-paying owners and pursue them in court if needed, freeing paying residents from that shared burden. VOX is also calling for more transparency from the local government and says it will keep monitoring the deadlines so the decision does not stay only on paper. According to El Periódico de Aquí.
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