Keywords: Housing crisis
The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal has reignited Spain’s increasingly bitter debate over access to housing, turning the story of one evicted pensioner into a powerful rallying point for activists demanding stronger protections for tenants. Abascal died in hospital on Wednesday, October......
Spain’s government has introduced a revised package of measures aimed at addressing the country’s housing crisis, days after Parliament rejected an earlier version of the proposals. The new initiative comes amid growing public pressure over rising rents, limited affordable housing and the......
Spain is heading toward a nationwide labour mobilisation over the worsening cost of housing, after the country’s two largest trade unions agreed to call a 24-hour general strike this autumn. The Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) announced the decision on......
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early general election for November 29, bringing a range of domestic and foreign-policy issues into the centre of the campaign, including the housing crisis, migration, border management and Spain’s relationship with Morocco. The immediate......
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for November 29, 2026, following a parliamentary defeat over government measures aimed at addressing the country’s housing crisis. The decision came after Spain’s Congress rejected two housing decrees presented......
Tensions escalated in central Madrid on Saturday night when dozens of far-right activists gathered near Puerta del Sol, where housing-rights campaigners have maintained a protest encampment for about a week. Some members of the far-right groups were seen making Nazi salutes as they gathered in the area.......
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on Saturday, October 3, to demand stronger protections for tenants and a broader response to the country’s worsening housing affordability crisis. The demonstrations followed the Spanish Congress’s rejection of two government-backed......
Portugal is facing growing pressure in its housing market, with house prices continuing to rise sharply and access to affordable accommodation remaining a major challenge for households. According to the latest figures from Eurostat, Portuguese house prices increased by 16.5 percent year on year in......
Spain’s coalition government has agreed on a new package of housing measures aimed at addressing the country’s worsening affordability crisis, including a proposal to extend protections against evictions until 2030 and introduce greater stability for rental contracts. The measures were agreed......
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