The Spanish parliament again debated and voted on the government's decrees with housing measures, after failing them in October, which led to the early election call for November 29.
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12/11/2026
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Lusa
O spanish parliament again debate and vote today on the two government decrees with housing measures that Members failed in October, precipitating the call for early elections to 29 November.
After the dissolution of the parliament on 5 October, the Council of Ministers of Spain again approved the two decrees and now hopes to circumvent, at least partially, the previous lead.
The decrees will be voted on this time by a permanent parliamentary committee, which replaces the plenary dissolved during the election period.
In this committee, the right-wing parties that rejected the previous decrees (Popular Party, Together by Catalonia and Vox) no longer have a majority, contrary to what happened in plenary.
The executive, led by the socialists, counts on the ratification of at least one of the decrees, which includes limitations to evictions by 2030, as well as the automatic extension, for a period of up to two years, of current lease contracts that win before 2028.
It also lays down limits to the purchase of a house by investment funds until 2030.
The package includes more tax benefits for owners and some tenants, first house purchase aids, limitation of annual rent updates to 2% (even if inflation is higher) or a regulation of room rental and seasonal lease.
A financing line of EUR 10,000 million is also set up for interest-free loans of up to EUR 50,000 for those buying the first house, regardless of age.
PP, Vox and Together by Catalonia (JxCat) voted against these measures because they considered that they were poorly prepared, created legal uncertainty and would have the opposite effect as intended, leading to the removal of homes to rent from the market and to further hinder access to housing for vulnerable people.
The second decree that will be voted on today states that the lease contracts in Spain will become indefinite, with automatic renewals for periods of five or seven years if the tenant is complying with payments and if the owner does not need the house to live or for the children.
If the owner decides not to renew the contract for other reasons, he must compensate the tenant with the equivalent of 12 monthly rents.
This decree had in October the vote against more parties and will continue, at the outset, without sufficient support today also in the permanent committee of parliament.
Today's vote takes place on the eve of the official start of the legislative election campaign of 29 November, on Friday, and the day after the first general strike in Spain in 14 years, which had as direct motivation the difficulties of access to housing.