Overview
- A widely seen forced eviction of an 87‑year‑old Madrid tenant last week sparked mass protests and a sustained encampment at Puerta del Sol led by the Sindicato de Inquilinas.
- Representatives for the tenant, the landlord company and tenant activists reached a deal that would let the woman return to her flat at a rent capped near 30% of her net income pending her ratification.
- On Tuesday the Council of Ministers approved two emergency housing decrees that must be convalidated by the Congress in an extraordinary plenary called for the coming days.
- Key measures in the package include extended protections that pause evictions for vulnerable people through 2030 in some texts, restrictions on certain investor purchases until 2028, and a second decree proposing automatic renewal or indefinite rental contracts with limited owner exceptions.
- The decrees exposed sharp negotiations inside the governing majority and with supporting parties, and protesters have made the encampment’s continuation conditional on the final congressional texts, so political wrangling will determine whether the rules take effect.