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Comuns Freeze 2026 Catalan Budget Talks, Give Illa Three Weeks to Deliver Housing Pledges

The ecosocialist group set a deadline for Salvador Illa’s executive to activate housing enforcement tools promised in the investiture pact.

Overview

  • After a high‑level meeting at the Palau de la Generalitat, Comuns said conditions are not met to begin negotiating next year’s accounts.
  • Government sources said the anti‑eviction unit and the register of large landlords will be activated in October to address key demands from Comuns.
  • Jéssica Albiach cited zero sanctions under Catalonia’s housing law and slow progress on social housing as reasons to withhold talks, noting only about 5,800 public homes are under construction toward a 2030 target of 50,000.
  • The meeting included consellers Albert Dalmau and Alícia Romero for the Govern and Comuns leaders Jéssica Albiach, David Cid, Susana Segovia and Andrés García Berrio, with PSC parliamentary leader Ferran Pedret also present.
  • The budget calendar remains uncertain as the Govern has yet to open formal negotiations with Esquerra Republicana and is still drafting accounts with a focus on trimming current spending to raise investment.