Spain Agrees on Measures to Fix Housing Crisis, Ban Eviction
- Spain's coalition government announced new housing measures on Tuesday following the forceful removal of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid apartment last week, sparking nationwide solidarity protests.
- Images of Abascal being removed on a stretcher sparked nationwide outrage, with thousands camping in Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza on Saturday to demand action against evictions and the housing crisis.
- Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said the legislation includes a ban on evictions until 2030, tighter rules for short-term rentals, and a two-year extension for existing leases.
- Abascal's lawyer, Beatriz Duro, said on Tuesday that UrbaGestion offered a preliminary agreement allowing her return if she pays 30% of her pension—around €500 monthly over eight years.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces an uphill battle securing parliamentary support, as Junts argues the measures unfairly group small landlords with large investment funds managing millions of euros.
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The Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, assures that the text that gave rise to the two decrees on housing approved on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers has taken more than three years of work and negotiations with the political groups, of which she has highlighted their "generosity." It is true. However, an episode has had to explode as unedifying as the eviction of the octogenarian Maricarmen Abascal in Madrid and the consequent citizen r…
The expulsion of an octogenary from his apartment triggered a wave of mobilization throughout the country. The Sánchez government is trying to seize it with two decree-laws designed to improve the housing situation, while the protesters remain vigilant about their implementationMaricarmen won the battle. Expelled last week by a company investing in his Madrid apartment where she lived since 1956, an octogenary crystallized in a few days a huge s…
The mobilization exploded following the eviction last Wednesday of a 87-year-old Madrilene.
After days of protests and mobilizations at Puerta del Sol over the Maricarmen case, the government approved two housing decrees that include the extension of protection against certain evictions until 2030, the regulation of seasonal and room rentals, and measures to curb speculative housing purchases by the so-called "vulture funds" until 2028. In addition, the automatic renewal of some rental contracts and other measures in favor of tenants i…
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INTELLINEWSFollowing protests against housing shortages, the Spanish government has decided on a package of measures aimed at strengthening vulnerable tenants towards investors and tourists.
In the proposed reform, which completes the package of measures to combat the housing crisis launched a year ago by the government, the eviction can be started after two months of late rents.
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