Congress has rejected two housing decrees. Madrid renters will respond on Saturday with four marches converging at Cibeles. The protest begins at noon after parliamentary votes of 178-172 and 184-166 against the measures.
Congress rejected two housing decrees on Friday. The first vote was 178-172, and the second was 184-166. The defeat came one day before a protest planned in more than 50 Spanish cities. In Madrid, four columns will leave different parts of the city and meet at Cibeles from 12:00.
The demonstration will finish outside Madrid City Hall. Organisers are presenting it as the next step towards a general housing strike. They also want future protests to move beyond Puerta del Sol. The vote has given that call a direct political focus. Reuters reported that Junts argued the measures could make the housing market more restrictive, which helped bring about their rejection.
The two housing decrees were rejected in Congress by votes of 178–172 and 184–166. PP, Vox and Junts opposed the first measure, while the second also faced opposition from PNV and Coalición Canaria.
The four routes will bring demonstrators together from across the capital. The Sindicato de Inquilinas has tied Saturday's action to a national campaign. It wants to carry the "spark of Sol" into workplaces, schools, health centres, homes, apartment blocks and neighbourhoods.
That is the wider plan.
The northern column will gather at the glorieta de Emilio Castelar. The southern group will meet at Atocha. The eastern column will assemble near Hospital de la Princesa. From the west, protesters will start at Plaza de España and head towards Cibeles.
People staying at the Sol camp have a separate departure point. They will leave from the statue of the Oso y el Madroño, creating a fifth starting point for the day's mobilisation. The camp began on 26 September. Local reports said it had no announced end date by 2 October, and participants said the action was continuing.
The housing package included protection from eviction for vulnerable households until the end of 2030 and restrictions on speculative housing purchases. The second measure concerned the automatic and indefinite extension of rental contracts, and was rejected by the wider margin of the two votes.
The Sindicato de Inquilinas has also tied the protest to a wider national campaign. The group wants the "spark of Sol" to reach workplaces, schools, health centres, homes, apartment blocks and neighbourhoods. Its spokesperson Valeria Racu has urged supporters to spread the mobilisation across the country instead of keeping it in the capital. The organisation had already called for a Friday march from Sol to Congress, followed by actions across Spain on Saturday, according to EFE.
CCOO has announced its own meeting point at 11:30 outside its headquarters at Calle Lope de Vega, 38. The union says housing cannot become a business for only a few. It has called on people to join the street protest.
The timing gives the demonstration a sharper political edge. Congress rejected the two decrees on Friday, one day before the marches. Organisers now have a direct issue around which to mobilise. One measure would extend eviction protection for vulnerable households and limit speculative purchases. The other would deal with automatic and indefinite rental-contract extensions. The route plan turns a broad housing complaint into a citywide action with fixed meeting points.
The vote followed a renewed wave of mobilisation linked to the eviction of an 87-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair in Madrid. Reuters and Xinhua described the case as a trigger for protests in other parts of Spain and for the encampment at Puerta del Sol. Before the vote, demonstrators marched from central Madrid to Congress and then back to Sol. Calls for a general strike were heard there.
For people attending, the plan is clear. The columns start moving at noon, and all four routes lead to Cibeles. The Sol camp and the CCOO meeting will operate separately. The parliamentary defeat and the coordinated march give the campaign a direct test in Madrid. Its strength will be measured on the streets. The stated goal is to keep housing at the centre of public pressure after Congress rejected both decrees.
The dispute is now moving from the parliamentary chamber to Madrid's streets. Four routes, a separate Sol departure and a national call across more than 50 cities give the response a clear shape. Saturday will test how well the campaign can connect neighbourhoods across the capital.
