Spain housing decrees: minister warns MPs over vote

Madrid, Spain: two housing decrees face a parliamentary vote tomorrow, and minister Pablo Bustinduy warns MPs that rejecting them could cost them at the ballot box. On 1 October 2026, he speaks after visiting people affected by property speculation at a building on Calle Santa Teresa 8. He says the measures would help end what he calls a “financial casino” in Spain’s housing market.

Bustinduy, Spain’s minister for social rights, consumer affairs and the 2030 Agenda, urges parliamentary groups to listen to people calling for action on housing across the country. He also accuses property and financial lobby groups of spreading false claims about the decrees to frighten people.

One claim he disputes is that the housing measures would hurt small property owners. Bustinduy says they include tax incentives to bring more homes onto the rental market and are intended to lower prices he considers unaffordable for families. He says people who rent out a second home they inherited or bought would not be harmed.

The minister also takes aim at Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. He accuses her of welcoming international investors last week while, he says, they buy entire buildings and force people from their homes. For now, the next step rests with MPs: Bustinduy wants them to approve both decrees tomorrow.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com