Spanish government approves measures to ease housing crisis after outcry over eviction

Spanish government approves measures to ease housing crisis after outcry over eviction

Decrees include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people after 87-year-old was forced out of her home Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government has approved a range of measures aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, including extending a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, after a public outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid apartment last week.

Two decrees have been approved by cabinet but will need to be approved in Congress, where the coalition lacks a majority. The government has requested a special parliamentary session on Friday in the hope of getting the decrees passed as soon as possible. Continue reading...

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