Overview
- Podemos confirmed it will vote in favor of both government-issued housing royal decrees, reversing an earlier public distancing from the PSOE and aligning with tenant groups.
- With Podemos' support, the government now needs at least an abstention from Junts for the decrees to be confirmed by Congress, making the smaller party's choice decisive.
- The Sindicato de Inquilinas de Madrid and the Confederation of tenant unions publicly urged all parties to approve both texts, highlighting the indefinite-tenancy measure as their priority.
- Podemos leader Ione Belarra criticized the PSOE for splitting the housing package into two decrees and called the proposals only a temporary fix while urging continued street mobilization after the vote.
- Because royal decree-laws take effect immediately but must be ratified by Congress, failure to confirm the texts would let key measures lapse and leave uncertainty over how stronger tenant protections would be implemented.