Spain's Ruling Coalition Reaches Agreement to Approve Housing Decree
- Spain’s PSOE-Sumar coalition agreed on a housing decree after negotiations delayed Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
- The decree would extend eviction protections until 2030, regulate room rentals, tax seasonal rentals, and restrict some real-estate purchases.
- Parliament must approve the measures within 30 days, while the coalition controls 152 of Parliament’s 350 seats.
- The agreement followed protests over housing costs and the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal, who may return home under a rent agreement.
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"Useless laws weaken necessary ones" Montesquieu Thumping drumbeats: the Spanish government has reached an agreement with the Spanish government. This is all that can be assured so far of the Mari decree and the Carmen decree, split into ridiculous democratic ones, since there is nothing clear about their validation. Just as they once made a bad bank for the screwed-up credits, they have made a bad decree for the most screwed-up request of Sumar…
The negotiation between PSOE and Sumar was not closed until the first hour of Tuesday, which forced the Council of Ministers to delay an hour: Minister Isabel Rodríguez appeared to explain the agreement without the measures having been finalized and the groups have not yet seen the full text.The government prohibits evictions until 2030 and approves a separate decree that collects indefinite rents A housing decree stranded in the limbo of politi…
There is a Sánchez of rally and another of WhatsApp. Today he has won the first. The second already knew that this was a nonsense. The Council of Ministers
Spain unveils urgent housing decree amid mass protests over an 87-year-old's eviction
Spain's government on Tuesday presented measures to address the country's housing crisis that has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman last week. It remains to be seen if they go far enough to appease protesters.
While the coalition government partners negotiated in extremis the decrees with measures to try to alleviate the housing problem that they have not secured their housing...
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