Spain Agrees on Measures to Fix Housing Crisis, Ban Eviction
The package adds tighter short-term rental rules and a two-year lease extension as Spain faces a housing shortage and rising tenant displacement.
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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…
The decree Maricarmen, finally split in two texts, promises to provoke a real earthquake in the rental market. The proposals are ambitious: both of them aim to veto evictions until 2030, to stop the purchase of housing by "vulture funds" and to forcibly extend for two years the rental contracts that expire before December 31, 2028 . But that overprotection of the tenant could have harmful consequences for the future of the market. "If these meas…
The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday two royal decrees law on housing after an intense in-extremis negotiation between the PSOE and Sumar that forced...
These Are the Measures of the Government's Housing Decrees: Anti-Evict Shield and Extension of Rents
The Council of Ministers extends the protection against launches until 2030, prohibits the purchase of housing from vulture funds until 2028 and includes the automatic extension of contracts in a second text.Are the bonuses to the owners a “tax gift” to the speculator? PSOE and Sumar have reached the end of an agreement to approve in the Council of Ministers two housing decrees that respond to the clamor of the streets after the eviction of Mari…
Spain agrees on measures to fix housing crisis, ban eviction
Spain's cabinet ministers said they have consensus on new measures to curb the housing crisis in the country after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen last week from her apartment sparked protests.
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