Overview

• The Federació d’Associacions Veïnals de València filed an amendment demanding the entire municipality be declared a Zona Tensionada and revived a 2023 Compromís petition previously blocked by the PP-led council
• Under the 2023 housing law a Zona Tensionada requires authorities to use market data to impose three-year limits on rent and sale price increases and to provide transparent tools for tenants and landlords
• Neighborhood leaders warn that runaway rents have forced families, students and elderly residents into substandard shared-room arrangements under what they call humiliating leasing conditions
• Similar designations have expanded across Spain with A Coruña, San Sebastián, 21 Navarrese municipalities and more than 100 Catalan cities already enforcing price controls
• The federation is also calling on officials to restrict tourist apartment conversions as part of measures to counter a gentrification-driven housing bubble