Spain’s government dealt a blow after parliament rejects housing measures amid protests
- Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Madrid's streets on Saturday, October 3, 2026, demanding affordable housing and stronger renter protections, with simultaneous demonstrations across around 50 Spanish cities.
- Opposition parties voted down two emergency housing decrees on Friday, October 2, 2026, with 178 MPs rejecting the first decree while 172 voted in favour, blocking protections against evictions and restrictions on 'vulture funds'.
- The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal from her 70-year Madrid home sparked the week-long protest wave, though turnout estimates diverged sharply with authorities citing around 70,000 participants while the Tenants' Union claimed 500,000.
- Police used tear gas and rubber bullets in Valencia after dozens of demonstrators breached the City of Arts and Sciences landmark, resulting in five arrests and nine police officers injured.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's inner circle reportedly views a snap election before year-end as nearly certain, with Housing Minister Pablo Bustinduy warning it would become a 'referendum on housing' amid coalition tensions over timing.
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The unrest over the absence of laws that protect tenants spreads between different sectors of the country.A cross-sectional movement that could bring the government down, cornered at the same time by the right in Parliament.
Monster housing events gathered tens of thousands of people on Saturday in Madrid and in many cities.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of people gathered in many Spanish cities, following the resounding expulsion of an octagenary from Madrid, driven by the real estate company which wanted to increase its rent by 275%. Its emergency measures opposed to Parliament by the opposition, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could provoke early elections. - Housing crisis in Spain: monster demonstrations against the "vulture funds", the government in th…
Cortei took place in several other Spanish cities. The protesters accompanied by the ringing of the keys
Thousands of protesters came out on the street all over Spain and called for increased protection for tenants, after Friday the government failed to enact emergency housing legislation in parliament, writes BBC.
Social collectives and tenants intensify mass protests following parliamentary rejection of housing decrees.
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