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Fresh protests hit Spain after housing measures defeated
Protesters in more than 50 cities demanded lower rents and an end to evictions after lawmakers rejected two tenant-protection decrees.
- On Saturday, October 3, 2026, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied across Madrid and about 50 other Spanish cities to demand affordable housing, one day after parliament rejected emergency tenant relief measures.
- Spain's parliament rejected two government housing decrees on Friday, with the first failing 178 to 172 and the second 184 to 166, after Catalan separatist party Junts joined opposition lawmakers to block the measures.
- The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid flat catalyzed nationwide anger, as a property firm sought a 275% rent increase, fueling demands for a ban on investment firms buying residential properties.
- Popular Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo urged Sanchez to "call elections as soon as possible," claiming he had the backing of "neither the streets nor parliament." The defeat questioned whether the minority government can survive until 2027.
- Bank of Spain estimates reveal a structural deficit of 700,000 homes, while rental costs rose 8.5% in 2025, underscoring why protesters demand systemic reform rather than temporary legislative fixes.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Madrid and other cities in Spain after the measures proposed by the Sanchez government to strengthen tenant protections were rejected. The post Spain: New housing protests after parliament rejects relief measures appeared first on in.gr.
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