The Andalusian Parliament approved a Vox motion with support from the PP, calling for national priority in housing and related aid. It also seeks the repatriation or deportation of some migrants and tax measures targeting non-EU buyers.
This week, the Andalusian government suspended funding for organisations running accommodation and employment programmes for homeless people, including some foreign nationals. The decision came as the regional PP backed a Vox motion tying immigration to the housing shortage.
The motion passed on Thursday by 63 votes to 41. The PP-A and Vox supported it, while the other opposition groups voted against.
The motion asks the basic government to give Spaniards national priority for social or subsidised housing and related assistance. It calls for the repatriation of migrants who entered or remain in Spain illegally. The text also seeks the removal of foreigners it accuses of relying on public support. For certain serious offences or repeated minor crime, it calls for immediate deportation. These are proposals in the motion, not measures the vote itself puts into effect.
Vox presents immigration as the basic cause of the housing crisis. Its text argues that five million potential housing applicants are entering a market where fewer than 500,000 homes are built, creating what it describes as a supply crisis. Ricardo López, the party’s speaker for the motion, cited a 750,000-home deficit and blamed open-border policies and what he called a pull factor. He offered the figures as evidence for Vox’s position.
PSOE-A’s Daniel Pérez said the motion offered no plan to build homes or expand rental assistance. He argued that it targeted vulnerable people rather than tackling property speculation. Luis Rodrigo of Adelante Andalucía said many migrants lack decent housing and accused Vox of blaming them for problems they do not cause. Rodrigo also pointed to foreign investment funds buying homes in the region. Ernesto Alba of Por Andalucía criticised speculation by those funds and the PP’s cooperation with Vox.
PP deputy Manuel García Delgado focused on the basic government’s record and defended the Junta’s policies. He said the PP would promote more affordable housing and increase help for families, while also reducing obstacles to construction.
Vox’s housing proposals go beyond immigration. The motion calls for different tax treatment for non-EU buyers, with the revenue going to support Spanish buyers and build protected housing. It also seeks to limit non-resident foreign demand, which the text says pushes up prices. Separately, it calls for removing tax charges on Spaniards buying a first home for their own use.
Other requests include a review of regional and local taxes that raise building costs. The motion would make more land available and speed up construction procedures. Vox also proposes public-private schemes for social and protected homes, including rent-to-buy options. It wants changes to prevent people from registering at illegally occupied properties and to stop that registration from creating rights or benefits. The motion calls for eviction and return of the property to its owner within 24 hours.
The PP’s support marks a shift from Juan Manuel Moreno’s previous approach. During the last legislature, he said immigration was outside his powers and distanced himself from Vox’s harder line. In 2019, Vox demanded regional cooperation in the repatriation of 52,000 people in an irregular situation, without explaining where the figure came from. Moreno responded then that the PP and Vox were not the same.
During negotiations after the May elections, Moreno needed Vox’s support to form a new government. Their programme included national priority for access to public aid and benefits, protected housing and social rent. The agreement also provides for ending subsidies to NGOs that it says encourage illegal immigration.
The first funding suspensions this week affected Cruz Roja and the Fundación SAMU. Inserta was also affected. Provided since 2023, the funding supported shelter flats and employment programmes. The regional programme for homeless people had offered temporary accommodation to 315 people across Andalusia’s eight provinces, including some foreign nationals.
