Juan Bravo says Spain has lost 300,000 rental homes. He blames regulation and slow construction, while the PP promises to start building one million homes.
Spain built 95,000 homes last year, far short of the roughly 250,000 needed annually. That gap now sits at the heart of Juan Bravo's attack on the Government's housing record.
The PP deputy secretary says 272,000 evictions took place during Sánchez's eight years in office. He also says more than 300,000 rental homes left the market. In his view, the two housing decrees now being presented cannot fix a problem that worsened under the same administration.
Bravo made the case on Telecinco. He accused the Executive of trying to solve in four days a crisis built over eight years. His main complaint is simple: the measures contain no step to speed up construction. The Government itself acknowledges that supply is too low and building times are too long.
Public rental housing accounts for less than 2% of Spain’s housing supply, according to figures cited by AP and ABC, leaving the country well below the European average.
The figures show the pressure. Bravo cited the Banco de España's estimate of a 750,000-home shortfall. In September 2026, the bank's deputy governor Soledad Núñez put the accumulated deficit since 2021 at about 755,000 homes. She warned that it could grow by another 300,000 by 2028. The gap would then pass one million homes.
Demand remains ahead of supply. More families struggle to find a home.
The PP says its first task is to bring back the homes it believes regulation pushed out of the rental market. Its plan would give landlords and tenants more legal protection. It would also speed up permits and cut administrative delays.
Construction comes first.
Reuters has linked Spain’s housing pressure not only to slow construction and rising rents, but also to demand from migration, investment and tourism. The agency also reported that pandemic-era protections for vulnerable tenants expired in March 2026 after their extension was rejected by the opposition.
Bravo says the PP would seek to start building one million homes during its first legislature. He pointed to a period when Spain built four million homes in seven years. His argument is that the current pace reflects political and administrative choices, not an unavoidable limit.
The party also proposes a new Land Law and legislation against squatting. Bravo says both initiatives remain blocked in Congress. He argues that they would release more land, shorten procedures and give developers the legal certainty needed to build and rent more properties.
The supply plan would come with tax relief. For young buyers, the PP advocates cutting VAT on a habitual home from 10% to 4%. It also wants to create a
