Congress rejected both housing decrees on Friday, 2 October. The Government plans to approve revised versions on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, while Ernest Urtasun says tenant protections will remain unchanged.
Congress rejected both housing decrees on Friday, 2 October. The Government plans to approve revised versions on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. Ernest Urtasun has set one condition: none of the agreed protection measures can be weakened.
The texts will not return in exactly the same form. The minister of Culture said the changes cannot become a way to trade away tenant safeguards. EFE reported that any revisions could only strengthen those protections.
The first housing decree was rejected by 178 votes to 172 in Congress on 2 October, with PP, Vox, Junts and UPN voting against it.
The timetable is tight. The Government wants to approve both real decreto leyes on Tuesday, one day after the announcement. Officials have only a short period to set out the changes and seek support in Parliament.
The package reaches well beyond the continuation of existing leases. It includes a ban on evictions until 2030, an extension of current rental contracts until 31 December 2028, and rules for tourist and seasonal rentals.
That is the line Urtasun is drawing.
According to EFE, the minister said the Government would not enter a last-minute deal that reduced the protection measures. The package also covers the social role of housing and the expansion of affordable supply. It includes restrictions on large investment funds that the Government calls housing "vultures".
The second decree, concerning the automatic extension of rental contracts, was rejected by 184 votes to 166 and remained in force for about 16 hours before Congress overturned it, according to RTPA’s account of the official results.
The political problem is clear. The Government must change the texts enough to avoid resubmitting the versions rejected by Congress. At the same time, it says every agreed safeguard must stay in place.
The next version will therefore be more than a technical reprint. It will keep the substance of the package while taking a different legislative route back to the chamber.
The defeated measures also addressed rent increases, purchases by investment funds, and tax incentives for landlords and tenants. La Voz de Galicia and other outlets described a housing package that went well beyond automatic lease renewals.
Seven votes from the Catalan party Junts were decisive on 2 October. PP and Vox had already said they would vote against the Government's initiatives. A Cabinet reapproval on Tuesday will not guarantee passage in Congress.
Junts remains central.
The earlier defeat exposed the package's weak position in Parliament, as detailed in this earlier housing report. The new announcement does not change that result. It shows that the Government intends to try again almost at once and still presents the protection measures as non-negotiable.
The vote came during a prolonged housing crisis in Spain. New protests gained force after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman. That social pressure helps explain the Government's decision to return to the issue quickly, even though the parliamentary numbers have not changed.
For people tracking the decrees, the immediate facts are simple. Congress rejected them on Friday, 2 October. The Government plans to approve revised versions on Tuesday, 6 October 2026.
The source material does not give the precise wording of the revisions. It does give Urtasun's limit: none of the protection measures should be weakened.
This is not an identical resubmission, and it is not yet a new parliamentary approval. It is another attempt with altered texts and a stated promise to preserve the safeguards. The final wording and legal future remain unsettled until Congress votes again. For now, the Government's position is firm: revise the package if needed, but do not reduce its protections.
