Spain approves housing measures after huge protests
Lawmakers approved rent extensions and new taxes on tourist and empty homes as the government seeks to ease eviction pressure and cool speculation.
- On Thursday, Spain's interim lower house of parliament ratified housing measures designed to limit evictions and real estate speculation, following a nationwide general strike and major street protests on Wednesday.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early national election for Nov. 29 after the government's October attempt to pass these measures failed, following public outrage over the eviction and death of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid.
- Approved regulations impede companies from buying properties for less than 70% of their value to reduce speculation, while establishing a 10% tax on apartments rented to tourists and stopping rent increases exceeding government reference prices.
- Interim Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez expressed hope that housing rights will "win again at the ballot box," though the conservative Popular Party has pledged to repeal the measures if they take power, which polls indicate is possible.
- In the 69-member interim parliament, the ratified decree passed in a 35-34 vote, but lawmakers again rejected a secondary proposal that would have made residential leases automatically renewable for tenants.
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