A Madrid magistrate has declined jurisdiction over the regional government's appeal against the Puerta del Sol camp. The case now goes to the TSJM, which has 48 hours to decide whether it can hear the request for urgent measures.
Spain’s Congress faces a knife-edge vote on two housing decrees that could change tenant protections and market rules. With opposition parties threatening to block them, the result could shake the government and affect thousands at risk of eviction or soaring rents.
Spain’s housing crisis has erupted into a political fight. Junts, along with PP and Vox, are blamed for blocking eviction protections as anger spills into the streets.
Podemos will support both housing decrees in Congress. The government still needs Junts or the PNV to avoid defeat, with the first measure set to suspend evictions for vulnerable households.
A heated exchange in the Congress courtyard saw Sumar's Alberto Ibáñez accuse PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz of turning her back on vulnerable families by voting against basic housing decrees. The confrontation has reignited debate over political tone and tactics in Spain's parliament.
Senior PSOE officials and ministers are urging Pedro Sánchez to call early elections if Junts blocks the government’s housing decrees. The standoff could put Spain’s housing crisis at the center of a national campaign.
Up to 600 riot police will guard Spain's Congress on Friday as lawmakers vote on two housing decrees. The deployment comes amid the possibility of protests linked to the Puerta del Sol camp.
Hundreds gathered outside Congress in Madrid as lawmakers debated housing decrees. Protesters targeted all major parties, demanding urgent reforms and threatening a general strike if politicians fail to deliver real solutions.
Junts has rejected the government’s housing decrees, accusing the executive of pushing a false narrative and worsening the housing crisis. The move exposes sharp divides in Congress and leaves the government scrambling for support as Spain’s housing emergency intensifies.
Spain’s Congress faces a critical vote on Pedro Sánchez’s housing decrees after the eviction of Maricarmen in Madrid. With Junts demanding new negotiations and protests erupting nationwide, the government’s future hangs in the balance.
Pedro Sánchez may call a snap election if Junts blocks basic housing decrees and public demonstrations intensify. Socialist sources believe citizen mobilization could shift the political balance in their favor, with November 29 emerging as a possible election date.
A 40dB survey finds strong support for rental caps and eviction delays. Backing extends beyond left-wing voters as housing rises to Spain's second-biggest concern.
Tenant unions are mobilising nationwide ahead of Friday's 2 October parliamentary vote. They want both housing decrees approved, with automatic rent renewals and stronger eviction safeguards protected.
Spain braces for a weekend of coordinated housing protests in more than fifty cities. The eviction of an 87-year-old Madrid resident and a contentious parliamentary vote have galvanized tenant unions and social groups to take to the streets.
Juan del Val has sharply criticized the Spanish government's new housing decrees following the eviction of Maricarmen in Madrid. He accuses the PSOE of ignoring the real housing crisis and calls the second decree “absolutely perverse.” The measures now await Congress approval.
A morning count on September 30 put the Puerta del Sol housing camp at 1,248 tents. Two volunteers are mapping the square, naming its routes and dividing it into political sectors.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s appearance on Horizonte became a showcase for her sharp rhetoric against Pedro Sánchez and the left, as the interviewers offered little resistance. The result was a monologue that left even her supporters questioning the lack of real scrutiny.
A clear majority of Spaniards support limits on housing prices, even if landlords earn less. The backing extends to PP and Vox voters, as well as landlords themselves.
Nearly five million rental contracts are caught up in a political dispute. Junts plans to reject the housing decrees unless the Government rewrites the basic text before Friday's vote.
Juan del Val says housing policy must leave the party battlefield. Two government decrees cover eviction protections and rental rules, with provisions for public housing; Congress will decide whether they survive.
Junts has delivered a major blow to Pedro Sánchez by rejecting the government's housing decree. The move puts the coalition's fragile majority at risk and exposes deep divisions over housing policy just months before elections.
Police are preparing a perimeter around Spain's Congress for Friday's vote on two housing decrees. Protesters from the Puerta del Sol camp plan to march to the chamber, while Isabel Díaz Ayuso's government takes the dispute to court.
Junts per Catalunya blocked urgent housing decrees intended to prevent evictions and cool rents. Now, even its own supporters are struggling to find homes. Puigdemont is returning to a Catalonia where the housing crisis has moved beyond politics and into daily life for his base.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso challenged Pedro Sánchez after Junts refused to back basic housing decrees. The Madrid leader says the government is stoking division and positioning itself for early elections as protests and vandalism grip Puerta del Sol.
Junts is expected to reject both housing decrees in Congress. The move would leave Sánchez without support for his rental reform and give the opposition a new political weapon.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has launched a legal challenge to clear the Puerta del Sol protest camp, alleging that it is part of a calculated effort by the left to keep Pedro Sánchez in power. Her remarks on live television have reignited debate over the boundaries of protest and political maneuvering in Spain.
Woody Allen announced plans to film his new, still-untitled comedy in Madrid and warned that fascism is rising. He also declined to answer questions about housing and the encampment at Puerta del Sol.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party would repeal the Government's two housing decrees if it reached La Moncloa. Municipal social services would then have to help vulnerable households find another home.
Junts has delivered an ultimatum to Pedro Sánchez, vowing to block two basic housing decrees unless the government withdraws them and drafts new legislation. The standoff exposes deep divisions over how to address Spain’s housing crisis and protect vulnerable tenants.
Gonzalo Sanz has reaffirmed his account before Judge María Tardón, handing over messages and call records linked to warnings before the Ceuta invasion.
Madrid’s regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso has turned to the courts, demanding emergency intervention to end the ongoing protest camp in Puerta del Sol. After days of official deadlock, the regional government is seeking a judicial order for immediate eviction.
Madrid wants a court to order the immediate removal of the Puerta del Sol camp. The case sets the regional government's demand against the protesters' constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
Felipe VI and Letizia will visit Ceuta and Melilla on 13 and 14 October, their first official trip to the cities since 2014. As of 1 October, Moroccan authorities had issued no official response, while local media framed the journey as a diplomatic test.
Spain's Congress will vote on two housing decrees this Friday. The session begins at 11:00, with results expected around 15:00 after a separate debate on each measure.
EU interior ministers have approved rules intended to speed up deportations. Spain was the only country to vote against them, while Belgium abstained.
