The Valencian Community will recognize families with two children as large families

Families with two children in the Valencian Community will be considered large families for the purposes of social aid and benefits. The announcement was made on Monday by the president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, during the General Policy Debate in the Valencian Parliament, but it was this Thursday when his Government took the first step to make the measure a reality.

The plenary session of the Consell has thus approved the proposed agreement to promote "special protection" for families with two children, which will entail their consideration as large families. According to sources from the Generalitat, the extension of this category to families with two children "will in no case entail a reduction, limitation or impairment of the rights, benefits or protection measures that currently correspond to large families in the general or special category."

According to the Minister of Social Services, Family and Childhood, Elena Albalat, "the extension of these measures will be carried out progressively and in accordance with budgetary availability." The objective, in any case, is to "progressively" expand, these sources specify, "the benefits, aid, bonuses and support measures recognized for large families."

In the specific case of the Valencian Community, for example, the large family title allows access to discounts on public transport, educational aid or tax benefits, with regional personal income tax deductions of up to 660 euros or a reduced rate on the Property Transfer Tax (ITP) for the acquisition of a habitual residence.

In the words of Minister Albalat, the measure represents "a step forward towards our own model of family policy, broader and adapted to the reality of Valencian families." With the agreement of the Consell, the different ministries of the Generalitat will work on several "transversal measures" for a new regulatory text.

Albalat has pointed out that "families with two children also make an important economic, personal and social effort in the upbringing and education of their children" and has defended that public policies must accompany this effort and favor "both conciliation and family well-being and birth rates."