Spain’s housing crisis has put lawmakers’ property holdings under scrutiny. After the government issued emergency housing decrees following Maricarmen’s eviction, attention shifted to deputies’ own real estate. Declarations reviewed by EL CORREO show that, as of February 2026, 45% of the 350 Congress members reported owning two or more homes. Official government data puts the share owning at least one property at 86%, a figure confirmed by independent reviews of parliamentary disclosures.
Deputies together hold 613 properties, and 159 lawmakers own more than one home. Fifty deputies reported earning money from renting out property, with amounts ranging from €1,180 to €28,300; the records do not specify how often they receive these payments. Many deputies share ownership with family, often through inheritance, and some own as little as 10% of a property. Nearly 19% of Congress, 65 out of 350, declared rental income from real estate. The group includes Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, government sources say.
The largest group, 138 deputies or 39% of the chamber, declared one home. Another 51 reported no real estate. That total includes 18 from PSOE and 13 from PP; Vox accounts for 9, Sumar for 8, with a few from smaller parties. They may live with relatives or partners, or rent. Every member of EH Bildu, PNV and ERC reported at least one property.
Regional figures vary. Valladolid’s five deputies have the highest average number of properties, while deputies from La Rioja and Badajoz average less than one each. In the Basque Country, 18 deputies declared 24 properties. Some, including Patxi López Álvarez, own three; others hold property as far away as Extremadura or France. EH Bildu’s Marije Fullaondo La Cruz and Oskar Matute García de Jalón both reported rental income. Matute’s Bilbao apartment is leased to the public company Alokabide.
Some individual portfolios stand out. A PP deputy from Valladolid declared 19 properties, most inherited, including 17 apartments owned at 50% and smaller shares in others. A PSOE deputy from Barcelona listed 13: she received nine apartments as a donation in 2010 and bought four more later. In 2022, she reported more than €18,000 in rental income. Official records show Sánchez reported €12,845 in rental income and Feijóo €5,584 from their properties.
PP deputies average 1.99 homes each, compared with 1.72 for PSOE members and 1.15 for Esquerra deputies. Four of the five largest property holders belong to the two basic parties.
On September 29, 2026, the Spanish government approved two new housing decrees aimed at expanding affordable housing and strengthening protections for social housing. They took effect immediately, pending parliamentary ratification. The housing package also includes cutting VAT to 4% for publicly funded and social housing, along with new mechanisms at the state administration level to protect the public housing stock. Officials describe housing affordability as Spain’s “basic problem.”
The measures are moving through a chamber where many lawmakers have a personal stake in real estate. Spain’s housing crisis is worsening, and tensions between reform and property ownership have surfaced before, including when rent controls tightened and landlords faced new rules.
