Just half a cup of coffee a day, the equivalent of Mr.Mitsotakis’ support measures – Selling off public property to contractors is the government’s so -called “social compensation”
Mr. Mitsotakis did not fail in his housing policies. He succeeded. The government is consistently serving its plan: to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, to protect cartels and oligopolies and to let households pay the bill. With the surplus resulting from the accuracy in supermarkets, electricity bills and fuel, the prime minister is handing out crumbs, just to gain political time.
“Half a cup of coffee a day”
The infamous tax cut that Mr. Mitsotakis presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair is equivalent to just 1.5-2 euros a day for low incomes. To the health of the suckers, says Mr. Mitsotakis. Workers see their income vanish by the 16th of the month, while the golden boys and the dividends of listed companies with record profits remain untouched.
Housing crisis – New business for contractors
The bill on “social compensation” is, in fact, another service to contractors. The government is changing the law at the request of the building entrepreneurs , giving them ownership of 70% on the construction, rents, management, and inclusion in the Strategic Importance Contracts. They got everything they asked for. Instead of social housing, the government is giving a new Eldorado for real estate and funds.
“It is not social compensation. It is a sellout”
With a “compensation” of only 30% and without any guarantee of low rental , the bill is rebranding the privatization of public property, by naming it social policy. It is a shame to invoke the housing crisis, just to hand it over to investors’ interests. What they are bringing on the table is not social policy – it is the sale of public property to contractors.
The real plan
The Prime Minister is promoting Greece as a paradise for contractors, funds and golden visas. A country that will resemble Thailand, with citizens excluded due to overtourism. A country where young people will stay in their childhood rooms and workers will become slaves to 13-hour workdays. The current government does not want to solve the housing crisis – it wants to increase prices and profits for the few.
The New Left proposes specific, realistic solutions:
– rent caps and real protection for tenants,
– restrictions on Airbnb that strangles neighbourhood,
– abolition of the golden visa that fuels speculation,
– protection of homes from funds and auctions,
– establishment of a Social Housing Bank for cheap and decent housing.
No third chance for Mr. Mitsotakis. Society cannot tolerate more wiretapping, more scandals like OPEKEPE, more Tempi murderous tragedies , more cover-ups.