Spain’s government approves new urgent housing measures after a night of unrest in Barcelona
The package restores eviction protections, rental rules and 10 billion euros in housing aid after lawmakers rejected similar measures last week.
- On Tuesday, Spain's government approved urgent housing decrees after Parliament rejected them last Friday, sending the measures to a 69-member interim legislature known as the 'permanent commission' for ratification until November 29 elections.
- An eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid sparked nationwide protests, as rising housing costs and shortages price many Spaniards out of the market despite strong economic growth in Europe's fourth-largest economy.
- Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez confirmed the measures extend eviction protections until 2030, regulate room rentals, tax seasonal rentals, ban speculative purchases and provide landlord tax breaks; Monday's Barcelona march turned violent when hundreds of activists clashed with riot police, throwing stones and setting fires.
- Political science professor Alejandro Quiroga at Madrid's Complutense University told The Associated Press the constitutional maneuver was politically necessary, stating 'I don't think Sánchez had an alternative' given his November 29 election focus on housing.
- Protesters continue demanding stronger tenant protections, fraud measures and eviction bans, while these temporary decrees remain in effect until a newly elected Parliament convenes after the November 29 snap election.
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AFTER mass protests across Spain, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, Pedro Sanchez's government has approved emergency housing measures ahead of snap elections.
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Pedro Sánchez has assured that the government will continue to exercise its functions until the holding of the early elections. Meanwhile, the Council of Ministers has re-approved the housing decrees that previously failed to pass the parliamentary procedure due to lack of support. From Madrid, our correspondent Marina Colorado gives us more details.
The government of Spain will again present to Congress two decrees on housing, now with loans of "up to 50,000 euros (about R$ 280 thousand, in the current quotation) without interest" for the purchase of its own house, announced on Tuesday the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. This time, the texts will be debated by a special commission, and not by the plenary of 350 deputies, who knocked them down on the last Friday. The defeat led the socialist …
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