More than 800 cultural figures and organisations have signed a manifesto backing the 11 November housing strike. They call for secure homes and protection for independent cultural venues, while also demanding decent working conditions.
A fire damaged part of Granada’s housing-rights camp after masked youths reportedly approached with sticks overnight. Police say they fled towards Camino de Ronda. No injuries have been confirmed.
CCOO and UGT say more than 3,600 workplace groups have backed the 24-hour strike scheduled for 11 November. The endorsements span major companies and public services.
About 500 people marched from Sol to Cibeles after police cleared the housing protest camp. They condemned the eviction and returned to Sol without incident, ending with a sit-in in the square.
Police cleared the housing-rights camp at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol early Tuesday. The Delegation said 334 people were in the square; two were detained, and 220 National Police officers and 180 municipal officers took part.
Four spokespeople presented a manifesto shaped by days of debate, placing housing at its centre and calling for wider social change. At the time, no date had been announced for the 26S encampment to leave Sol.
The 26S encampment in Puerta del Sol moved away from its commission structure after most coordinators announced they were ending their stay. A faction still calling for resistance shifted its stated focus to people without resources, while the campers’ next move remained unclear.
Barcelona’s Cities Programme will bring municipal leaders to the Smart City Expo World Congress from 3 to 5 November. Its central sessions will examine housing policy and cities’ control over digital infrastructure, including AI and data.
The 26-year-old community leader announced a Senate bid as an independent for Frente Amplio on a joint list with PSOE. He also connected Madrid’s Puerta del Sol housing camp with about 8,000 people seeking homes in Ceuta.
Gabriel Rufián and Irene Montero discussed housing and the left’s divisions on La Revuelta. Their sharpest disagreement came over immigration, while Montero said many people in Madrid knew about the allegations against Íñigo Errejón.
A Moroccan family with six children was evicted in Vitoria-Gasteiz. El Correo cited an estimate of €2,450 a month in public support, but the figure is disputed and exact payments are unknown.
Vox has challenged Castilla y León’s 2027 housing priorities for omitting “prioridad nacional” from the presentation. Isabel Blanco says eligibility will depend on verified local ties and rules set in later aid calls.
Prague plans to turn former railway and industrial land into new neighbourhoods. The Bubny-Zátory and Žižkov projects together envisage about 21,000 homes, while construction on the first site is not expected to finish until around 2050.
At a campaign event in Fuerteventura, PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz framed the 29 November election as a choice between Pedro Sánchez’s interests and those of Spaniards. She pledged tax cuts focused on the most vulnerable if the PP enters government.
Badalona mayor Xavier García Albiol has criticised €2,450 in monthly aid to a Moroccan family with six children facing eviction in Vitoria. He has made the case part of his appeal ahead of the 29 November general election.
Podemos and ERC have presented their electoral arrangement at a Barcelona rally without forming a coalition. Podemos will stay off the Catalan ballot while Gabriel Rufián campaigns for the party elsewhere in Spain.
Isabel Rodríguez says a fast-food receipt cannot stop the removal of someone illegally occupying an inhabited home. The minister accuses Alberto Núñez Feijóo of using the claim as his only housing-policy argument.
Around 200 people joined a Cáritas awareness event in Guadalajara focused on homelessness. Residents of the Betania centre took part alongside local school communities, calling for decent housing and work.
The Diputación de Toledo is rehabilitating the long-abandoned Alamillos del Tránsito building for collaborative housing. Its €1.085m first phase provides 18 homes, with ten more planned for 2027.
JINUR S.A. had 950 million pesetas in fully paid-up capital in 1994, when Maricarmen Abascal was a member of its board. Its business included investing in property and renting it out.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo said a pizza order could help a squatter remain in a home for years. Pedro Sánchez answered by resurfacing a 2010 pizza tweet as the PP turned the exchange into attacks involving Begoña Gómez.
UGT and CCOO have registered an 11 November general strike in Aragón over stalled collective bargaining and rising housing costs. CGT and other unions have filed a call of their own, with demands including a 30-hour week and a 1500-euro minimum.
Cáritas Diocesana de Huelva has opened the Refugio Nuestra Señora del Rocío after assisting 1,018 people experiencing homelessness in 2025. Women accounted for 33% of those supported, well above the previous year’s share.
More than eight in 10 people surveyed by Cáritas Castilla y León reported financial difficulty linked to housing costs. The study found 53.7% had sought outside help with residential expenses, while one in three needed help with rent.
Oxfam Intermón says housing costs leave 770,000 workers in Spain in poverty after they pay market-rate rent. Among working tenants the rate rises from 19.35% before rent to 34.08% afterwards.
The PP has challenged PSOE spokeswoman Montse Mínguez to debate housing after reports said her partner owns 30 rental flats in Spain. Mínguez says the family business operates legally; the Government says the right to housing is the central issue.
The PP wants a campaign debate after Artículo 14 reported that Montse Mínguez’s partner owns “30 flats” and has evicted tenants. Mínguez says it is a family rental business that operates legally.
The CIS’s October barometer estimates the PSOE’s vote share at 34%, against 22.2% for the PP. Vox is also up as housing disputes shape the campaign before the November 29 election.
The actress joined Madrid’s Puerta del Sol camp as evictions and a housing shortage pushed the protest beyond youth politics. She framed access to housing as a national issue.
Santiago Abascal predicts a bitter campaign before Spain's November 29 vote. He accuses Pedro Sánchez of protecting power and urges voters to cast ballots in person.
Pedro Sánchez has called an early election for November 29, putting housing at the center of the campaign. The PSOE aims to rally the left while keeping corruption from dominating the debate.
The PSOE says it will attend every proposed debate before 29 November. Feijóo has accepted a Mediaset face-to-face with Sánchez, but the broadcaster has not publicly fixed a date and the PP has suggested 16 November.
Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre dedicated two songs to Maricarmen Abascal, who died aged 87 after 14 days in a Madrid hospital. Her eviction has become a national symbol of housing pain.
Pedro Sánchez has not ruled out pardoning former State Prosecutor General Álvaro García Ortiz before the 29 November election. His promise to halt evictions faces parliamentary resistance: Junts and PP voted against housing measures, while Vox also opposed them.
Pedro Ruiz condemns Spain’s worsening political confrontation after elections were called for 29 November. Housing protests and labour tensions are unfolding alongside a contested campsite in Madrid.
