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Spanish government revives housing decrees covering rents, evictions and home purchase
The Spanish government has again approved two housing decrees, containing 21 measures that must be voted on by the Permanent Deputation, the parliamentary body that acts between sessions. The texts restore eviction protections, introduce changes to rental adverts, include aid and financing for first-home purchases, support construction and extend until 2030 the ban on speculative purchases by investment funds, with checks linked to market value. The Basque Nationalist Party has said it will back the first decree and reject the one extending rents indefinitely, while political and social criticism of the measures continues.
By Damián Ortells ·
The Spanish government has again approved two housing decrees containing 21 measures that must be voted on by the Permanent Deputation. The texts restore the anti-eviction shield, changes to rental adverts, aid and financing for first-home purchases, support for construction and the extension until 2030 of the ban on purchases deemed speculative by funds. They also include controls linked to market value, with a valuation report, and exceptions tied to social use and good practice.
Decree-laws allow the executive to approve urgent measures, but they require parliamentary ratification. In housing, the debate brings together renting, buying, evictions, public financing and limits on transactions by major investors. One new feature is that rental adverts will have to include the reference index, a public indicator designed to compare rents in stressed areas or places with access problems.
For landlords and tenants, the impact will depend on which texts are ratified and how they are implemented. The key points to watch are advertising obligations, possible extensions or protections against eviction, and the conditions attached to home-purchase support.