Spain’s government approves new urgent housing measures after a night of unrest in Barcelona
The decrees extend eviction protections and add rent rules as officials say the package targets a market distorted by speculation and shortages.
- On Tuesday, Spain's government approved urgent housing decrees after Parliament rejected them last Friday, sending the measures to a 69-member interim legislature known as the 'permanent commission' for ratification until November 29 elections.
- An eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid sparked nationwide protests, as rising housing costs and shortages price many Spaniards out of the market despite strong economic growth in Europe's fourth-largest economy.
- Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez confirmed the measures extend eviction protections until 2030, regulate room rentals, tax seasonal rentals, ban speculative purchases and provide landlord tax breaks; Monday's Barcelona march turned violent when hundreds of activists clashed with riot police, throwing stones and setting fires.
- Political science professor Alejandro Quiroga at Madrid's Complutense University told The Associated Press the constitutional maneuver was politically necessary, stating 'I don't think Sánchez had an alternative' given his November 29 election focus on housing.
- Protesters continue demanding stronger tenant protections, fraud measures and eviction bans, while these temporary decrees remain in effect until a newly elected Parliament convenes after the November 29 snap election.
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The Government of Spain approved two housing decrees on Tuesday, which provide for the capping of rents, the temporary prohibition of evictions and restrictions for company housing purchases. The decision comes after the rejection of measures in parliament last week, led Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call early elections on 29 November.
The housing decrees that were rejected by parliament last week, triggering snap elections on November 29, were approved by Spain's government on Monday. The provisional legislature approved the two decrees and they were put into temporary effect until a new parliament is formed, according to state broadcaster TVE.
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The Permanent Congressional Council could pass the royal decrees law with the measures rejected last Friday by the plenary of this House.
The Spanish cabinet has approved two new decrees to address the acute housing crisis. The post Spain: Stop evictions and interest-free loans of 50,000 euros – Sanchez's "all for all" before the elections appeared first on in.gr.
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