Míriam Nogueras says Junts will reject the Government's housing decrees. She accuses Pedro Sánchez of putting electoral interests before a workable solution.
Míriam Nogueras gave the warning in an interview on El Suplement of Catalunya Ràdio. She said Junts had not been contacted by the Executive about its alternative proposal.
For Nogueras, an election call would show that Pedro Sánchez had chosen an electoral path instead of a constructive one. Junts is ready to face that outcome if its rejection helps bring about an early vote.
That is the dispute.
One of the measures under discussion provided for the automatic and indefinite extension of rental contracts, a provision considered especially difficult to pass in Spain’s fragmented Congress.
Junts is keeping its opposition to the Government's two housing real decreto ley measures. Nogueras says the texts would not curb vulture funds and could reduce the supply of rental homes.
The argument goes beyond the vote. Nogueras said Junts had reached what she called a principle of agreement before the PSOE moved back towards positions she considered indefensible. She said the Government would sit down with Junts if it genuinely wanted to address the housing crisis.
Junts already has a proposal, she said. The party believes it can be developed.
Junts accepts the political cost of rejecting the measures.
Nogueras said her seven-member parliamentary group did not vote according to polling or electoral calculations. She defended the decision as a response to the substance of the decrees.
In her view, the Government's approach could make the shortage worse. Owners may decide not to place properties on the rental market, she argued.
The rejected package included measures to extend protection from eviction for vulnerable tenants until 2030, prolong rental contracts and tighten rules for short-term rentals. These were government measures described in reporting on the decrees, not evidence that the package would increase or reduce supply in practice.
Her central argument is legal certainty. Nogueras presented Junts as the defender of small owners, who she said make up 90% of property owners in Catalonia.
These landlords need stability before they offer homes for rent, she said. If a family fears putting a flat on the market, the available supply can fall further. She also claimed that Junts had not found a single judge who supported the Government's texts.
The party says its plan would stop vulture funds from buying homes. Nogueras accused the Executive of refusing to take that step.
She compared the Junts model with positions linked to Ada Colau and Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Nogueras said the Government's proposal was closer to the position of the Sindicat de Llogateres. She insisted that only two housing plans were currently on the table.
The parliamentary numbers add pressure. Asked about the PNV and Coalición Canaria, Nogueras said both groups had reservations about the text.
She also said the Basque nationalists faced a different situation because they need the PSOE in Euskadi.
Her dispute with Gabriel Rufián added another front. Nogueras was responding to criticism from the ERC spokesman in Madrid.
She said she did not want ERC to fall into political isolation. She also claimed that Junts had approved its own laws in two years, while Rufián had not achieved the same result during eight years as a PSOE partner.
Nogueras compared the housing vote with Junts's first rejection of the amnesty law. Her argument is that rejecting an initial text can force a better negotiated version. It does not necessarily close the legislative process.
Congress rejected both housing decrees after Junts withheld its support. The vote became a direct parliamentary defeat for the Government.
Reuters, Al Jazeera and other outlets reported that the failure was a serious setback for Sánchez's minority administration. The result also increased uncertainty over its relationship with Junts.
Junts's claim that tighter protections could discourage owners from offering homes for rent remains a political position. Available reporting does not provide independent quantitative evidence showing that these decrees would reduce rental supply.
That limit matters.
Junts is holding its position. The Government has not opened talks on the alternative the party says it has prepared.
Housing policy is now tied to a wider parliamentary fight. Junts believes it can accept the image of voting alongside PP and Vox.
The party's position is clear. Legal protection for small landlords and a tougher line on vulture funds must come before support for the decrees.
On the information available, the Government has not persuaded Junts that its measures would increase supply or solve the problem. The rejection is therefore more than a dispute over wording. Sánchez must still turn a contested housing package into an agreement and find enough support to pass it.
