At PNV headquarters in Bilbao, Maribel Vaquero confirmed that the Basque party will again support Pedro Sánchez's first housing decree. Sánchez presented both measures from Moncloa after Congress had already rejected them.
The first decree can now go before the Diputación Permanente. The PNV will vote against the second text, which proposed indefinite rental contracts. Its position could allow the first measure to pass without Junts per Catalunya.
The dissolution of the Cortes Generales changed the balance and the vote count.
The PNV still calls the decree a patch, not a full solution to the housing crisis. It supports the text because it regulates seasonal rentals and closes what Vaquero called one of the basic gaps in the Housing Law.
The measure also protects small property owners and limits home purchases by vulture funds, the PNV said. Restrictions on so-called vulture funds will apply to home purchases priced below 70% of market appraised value until December 31, 2028. Those provisions were enough for the party to maintain the voting position it took in Congress last week.
The second decree remains unacceptable to the PNV because it would create indefinite rents.
The Diputación Permanente has 69 members, while the full chamber has 350 deputies. If members maintain their earlier positions, Junts per Catalunya will not be needed for the first decree to pass. Sumar, ERC, EH Bildu, Coalición Canaria, Podemos, BNG and Compromís are not expected to change the votes they cast in support of the measure in Congress.
Democrata reports that the first decree could pass by 35 votes to 34, while the second could fail by 34 votes to 35. The government would so no longer need Junts to validate the first measure. The commission must approve or reject government decrees within 30 days.
The PNV's choice also reflects the political contest in the Basque Country. Some of Aitor Esteban's voters may resist stronger intervention in the housing market. EH Bildu has already offered its seats for the proposed regulation without conditions.
Rejecting both decrees would have given the PNV's basic rival another argument. The party chose a narrower path.
The first decree extends some protections against the eviction of vulnerable households until 2030. It limits speculative purchases by investment funds and creates tax incentives for owners and tenants.
Europa Press reports that the seasonal-rental rules require landlords and tenants to state a genuine temporary reason for the arrangement. These contracts generally last more than 31 days and no more than 12 months. Without proper grounds, or after certain repeated extensions, a contract may be reclassified as a permanent-home rental.
Vaquero said the PNV wants more housing supply alongside rent controls. She reiterated that the group would have preferred a bill, which would have allowed a fuller parliamentary debate.
The party has not said whether Sánchez added any specific amendment requested by the PNV before sending the text to the Diputación Permanente.
The Partido Popular, Vox and Junts first defeated the government's package. After parliament was dissolved, the government submitted the measures again. The permanent commission then took on parliamentary functions normally handled by the full Congress.
RTVE's account of the decree also points to the delay in moving toward indefinite rental arrangements, the basic reason the PNV rejects the second text.
ABC reports that the procedure is unprecedented in Spain: the government is seeking approval from the Diputación Permanente for a text that the full Congress had already rejected.
The PNV has not decided whether the move amounts to a legal circumvention. Its public position is narrower: the political situation is not the one it wanted, but the one created by the election call.
The wider electoral setting has already changed the parliamentary calculation, as shown by the election field. Sánchez is not facing the same vote for a second time. The chamber's composition has changed, and the government's dependence on Junts per Catalunya has weakened.
The PNV's decision gives Sánchez a narrow opening. The first decree combines rent rules with measures the party can defend to small owners. The second crosses its political line with indefinite contracts.
The PNV backs the measure despite calling it a patch. Sánchez has won a temporary parliamentary reprieve; housing policy remains unsettled.
