Pełczyńska-Nałęcz on differences in the government: there is no word “credit” in the coalition agreement

– We are having a substantive discussion. I would not focus on this or that entry, but on the merits of the matter – said Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, in the program “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24. A good housing policy is needed and the coalition agreement states that the coalition wants to give voters and Poland such a good housing policy. And in the coalition agreement,” she said.

– I want to draw attention to this – it is very clearly stated that we are focusing on social housing construction. And there is agreement here. There is no word “zero percent loan” – the minister noted. – So this is a policy that was not included in this coalition agreement by accident. Why was it not included? Because from the beginning we, as Poland 2050, believed that this was not good public policy – said the head of the Ministry of Funds.

– Today we see the effects of the 2 percent credit, the “PiS” one (introduced by the government PIS – ed.) 0 percent credit varieties and we see what happened. There was an increase in housing prices and this is something inevitable – said Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.

– We see a clear correlation here between the moment when funds are entered into the loan and the fact that housing prices are rising. They are growing the most in large cities, because that is where the largest number of these loans were granted, and the average in Poland is 13 percent. And this is logically explained. When we stimulate demand instead of supply, housing prices increase – assessed the minister in response to the question whether the increase in housing prices was one hundred percent caused by the 2 percent Credit program. She added that developers and bankers benefited from this above all.

Prime minister Donald Tusk announced that during the next meeting of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers (KERM), individual projects that make up the housing support program will be assessed. As he pointed out, the so-called 0% loan is only one of its elements, while the other two also provide support for municipal and social housing.

– After reviewing all the projects, we will set our priorities, after all the projects are ready – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a conference after the government meeting on Tuesday. He added that the MRiT project regarding the zero percent loan is the most advanced and will be assessed the fastest – he said.

The head of government added that the naStart loan project, prepared by the Ministry of Development and Technology, will be the first to be assessed. – You can agree or disagree with the project prepared by Mr. Paszyk's ministry, but it is the most advanced project and will be assessed the fastest. Certainly, a lot of people in Poland, especially young people, are waiting for good information on this issue – he said.

As the prime minister added, if there is no majority, because Poland 2050 votes against, the project will not come into effect. – But I would be surprised if that happened – Tusk noted.

Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański, who was present at the conference, recalled that the budget earmarked over PLN 4 billion for housing support. “How we divide it will depend on the assessment of individual projects,” the Prime Minister added.