On October 2, 2026, Congress rejected both of the Government's housing decrees. The first vote ended 178 to 172; the second, 184 to 166. Pedro Sánchez spent the weekend weighing whether to call an early election.
UPN also opposed the first measure. PP, Vox and Junts voted against both decrees. PNV and Coalición Canaria joined them in the second vote. The defeat gave the Partido Popular a direct political opening.
Génova says the Government has lost control of Parliament and the housing debate. Alberto Núñez Feijóo's team wants to cast the vote as the start of a different housing policy. The party calls the previous eight years unsuccessful.
