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2026-10-03 18:00:52Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of various cities in Spain, demanding stronger measures to protect tenants and deal with the housing crisis.

Protests are taking place across Spain demanding more protections for tenants after the government failed to pass emergency housing legislation in parliament on Friday.

According to the BBC, around 50 marches are planned to take place in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona on Saturday. Some of them have already started. "There is a lot of anger in the streets," said a spokesman for the Tenants' Union in Valencia, where the demonstration has started.

The measures proposed by Pedro Sánchez's left-wing coalition government came after public outrage over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman last month who could not afford a rent increase. Her eviction sparked national protests with demands for rent cuts, a halt to evictions and a ban on investment funds, which the government has called "predatory funds", from buying up properties.

Sánchez's defeat in parliament on Friday has fuelled speculation he could call early elections, which had been scheduled for next summer. His coalition, made up of the Socialist Party and the Sumar alliance, does not have a majority in parliament. The biggest demonstration is expected in Madrid, where protesters have been camped out in the main Puerta del Sol square for days.

Tenants' unions in Madrid said that although the proposed measures were insufficient, their rejection "exacerbates the housing crisis that is costing the lives of the working class." They are calling for a general strike.

The government’s draft laws were divided into two decrees: the first included suspending evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, extending leases until 2028, increasing taxes on tourist apartments, and restricting the purchase of properties by “predatory funds.” The second decree included automatic renewal of leases, a key demand of the tenants’ union. Deputies narrowly rejected both.

The conservative Popular Party (PP) and the far-right Vox had warned they would vote against it, leaving the minority government dependent on Catalan and Basque nationalist parties. But the pro-independence center-right JxCat signaled its opposition, condemning the laws as a failure.

The crisis was sparked by the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, in September. The company that owned her apartment, Urbasestión, later negotiated her return at a lower rent, but the protests continued. The Bank of Spain estimates that the country is short of around 700,000 homes. House prices have risen by 12.2% in the past year, while rents rose by 8.5% in 2025. In Madrid alone, rents rose by 9.7%.

Barcelona and Madrid are the most expensive cities to rent an apartment, with prices of €23.80 per square meter and €22.70 per square meter, respectively.


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