Spain approves emergency housing decrees after Sánchez calls snap election
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Spain’s government approved two emergency housing decrees on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap general election for November 29 following the defeat of earlier housing measures in parliament.
The new package contains 21 measures and will be submitted for ratification to parliament’s 69-member standing commission. According to Deutsche Welle, the decrees extend protections against evictions for vulnerable people until 2030, regulate room rentals, impose a new tax on seasonal leases lasting from 32 days to 11 months, ban speculative property purchases and offer tax exemptions to landlords.
Parliament rejected two housing proposals on Friday. Those proposals included automatic renewal of tenancy contracts and restrictions on evictions of vulnerable tenants. Sánchez, whose left-wing coalition lacks a parliamentary majority, said Spain needed “a much broader, progressive majority in parliament” to advance further reforms. He also acknowledged that his government had made mistakes and had not fulfilled all its promises.
The decisions followed large demonstrations demanding affordable housing in Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities. Public anger intensified after the September eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, from the Madrid flat where she had lived for more than seven decades. Housing campaigners said an investment company had sought a steep rent increase; the owners later reached an agreement allowing her to return at a low rent.
Opinion polls generally place the conservative People’s Party ahead of Sánchez’s Socialists, though it may need support from the far-right Vox party to form a government.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs small wording corrections to align the rejected measures and Abascal details with the sources. - "Parliament rejected two earlier decrees on Friday. Those proposals included automatic renewal of tenancy contracts and restrictions on evictions of vulnerable tenants.": The story says parliament rejected two earlier decrees, but the BBC source says parliament rejected two decree laws and CNA says the proposed measures included automatic renewal of tenancy contracts and restrictions on evicting vulnerable tenants; calling them separate 'earlier decrees' risks confusion with the two new decrees and should be corrected to housing measures/proposals. - "the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than 70 years.": The sources say Abascal lived in the flat for more than seven decades or decades, not specifically an apartment for more than 70 years in the wording used here; this is supported substantively but should match the sourced wording as flat/home. - "the owners later reached an agreement allowing her to return at a lower rent.": CNA says the deal allowed her to return at a low rent, not specifically lower rent.
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Spain approves emergency housing decrees after Sánchez calls snap election
Spain’s government approved two emergency housing decrees on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap general election for November 29 following the defeat of earlier housing proposalsmeasures in parliament.
The new package contains 21 measures and will be submitted for ratification to parliament’s 69-member standing commission. According to Deutsche Welle, the decrees extend protections against evictions for vulnerable people until 2030, regulate room rentals, impose a new tax on seasonal leases lasting from 32 days to 11 months, ban speculative property purchases and offer tax exemptions to landlords.
Parliament rejected two earlierhousing decreesproposals on Friday. Those proposals included automatic renewal of tenancy contracts and restrictions on evictions of vulnerable tenants. Sánchez, whose left-wing coalition lacks a parliamentary majority, said Spain needed “a much broader, progressive majority in parliament” to advance further reforms. He also acknowledged that his government had made mistakes and had not fulfilled all its promises.
The decisions followed large demonstrations demanding affordable housing in Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities. Public anger intensified after the September eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, from the Madrid apartmentflat where she had lived for more than 70seven years.decades. Housing campaigners said an investment company had sought a steep rent increase; the owners later reached an agreement allowing her to return at a lowerlow rent.
Opinion polls generally place the conservative People’s Party ahead of Sánchez’s Socialists, though it may need support from the far-right Vox party to form a government.
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