Spain protests flare after housing bill rejected: Will it cause snap poll?
Summary
Spain’s parliament rejected two emergency housing bills aimed at protecting renters and stopping evictions amid a housing crisis. Large protests have taken place across Spain following the vote, and the government is considering calling early elections because of the public reaction.Key Facts
- Spain’s parliament voted against two housing measures proposed by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s left-wing coalition.
- The bills aimed to limit evictions, control rent increases, and make leases automatically renew unless landlords pay tenants a year’s rent to leave.
- Protests erupted after an 87-year-old woman was evicted when an investment fund raised rent in her Madrid building.
- The conservative Popular Party, far-right Vox, and the Catalan separatist party Junts opposed the bills, fearing they would worsen the housing market.
- The government coalition includes the Socialist Party and the far-left Sumar party.
- Some experts say the rejected decrees would not fix the housing crisis in the long term.
- Prime Minister Sanchez appealed to lawmakers to protect vulnerable people and young renters before the vote.
- Early elections could be called as soon as November, even though the current term ends next summer.
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