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Catalan Anti‑Speculation Bill Faces Collapse After Constitutional Counsel Flags Problems

Parliamentary lawyers must narrow competing amendments to match the Consell de Garanties or the consolidated text will lapse at plenary, risking the loss of a key regional tool to curb speculative housing purchases.

Overview

  • This week the legal team of the Parlament is reviewing separate amendments from the Govern, the Comuns and Aliança Catalana under article 122 to ensure the changes stick to the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries' review.
  • President Salvador Illa says the original pact stands but has accepted revisions to address the CGE's constitutional concerns while Jéssica Albiach accuses the Govern of weakening the law's aim to limit accumulation of housing by large holders.
  • If the competing amendments cannot be reconciled the bill could fall when it reaches the plenary and the Partido Popular has already warned it will challenge any provisions it deems unconstitutional at the Constitutional Court.
  • Meanwhile in other regions this week the PP blocked a PSdeG bid in Galicia to make protected housing permanent and proposed raising or changing income thresholds to widen access to public and protected housing.
  • The CGE's nonbinding dictamen matters because it limits how much lawmakers can alter the draft, municipal planning and land‑reclassification powers are now central to supply measures, and failure to pass the law would leave few new tools for struggling households facing rising rents.