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In his first Sevillian rally of this pre-campaign, the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, promised that, if he wins, he will not only maintain but also "strengthen" his housing policy. Sánchez asks that decrees not be used to pit small property owners against tenants, but the very tone of the report sent by the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, to the Cortes is hostile towards the private activity of renting out houses. #Vivienda #Alquiler #Gobierno (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Álvaro Pulido, a partner of Alex Saab, was in the custody of the United States and subject to judicial proceedings. According to Alandete, Pulido faced 13 charges in two cases for money laundering, related to schemes amounting to almost 2 billion dollars, bribery, and fraud in operations involving housing, food, and medicine for Venezuelans. He added that Pulido would appear before a judge on Tuesday and argued that this would allow for judgment in the 2019 case, regarding the facts for which Joe Biden pardoned Saab. #Venezuela #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

The general secretary of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, has proposed to build social housing on a large scale and assign it with national priority in the context of a package of measures that the party will present before the general elections on November 29. #ViviendaSocial #Vox #Elecciones2026 (translated)

The neighbors of Rucandial report pressures from the developer Real de Piasca to expropriate their houses hastily, in the context of a project that plans to build nearly 8,000 homes in their neighborhood without official information about the consequences of the Singular Regional Interest Plan (PSIR) approved by the Government of Cantabria. #Rucandial #Expropiaciones #PSIR (translated)

Properties are leaving the market, there are fewer than before the government's decrees. Expert Jorge Galindo warns that Spain has a deficit of almost 200,000 homes annually, with an increase in supply being the only effective way to solve the crisis. #ViviendaEnEspaña #CrisisInmobiliaria #Alquiler (translated)

The combination of the withdrawal of homes from the rental market, the increase in inflation and interest rates, along with legal insecurity, is driving the housing market in Spain towards a perfect storm that threatens 750,000 families in search of a home. #Vivienda #Alquiler #MercadoInmobiliario (translated)

A mother with four children has been ordered to vacate a social rental apartment in Zaragoza and to pay a fine for usurpation, as the Provincial Court determined that she did not prove that the occupation was her only option to meet her housing needs. #Desalojo #ViviendaSocial #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Washington DC is facing a housing crisis, where high rental costs and a shortage of supply make access to housing difficult, despite tenant protections, as a two-bedroom home can exceed $4,000 per month and only 41.5% of homes are occupied by their owners. #AlquilerDC #Vivienda #Inquilinos (translated)

The Civil Guard has dismantled two criminal groups dedicated to burglary in single-family homes in Madrid and Catalonia, arresting eight people in a joint operation with the Mossos d'Esquadra following an investigation into an increase in robberies in these areas. #Robo #Delitos #Seguridad (translated)

Mariana Mazzucato, an economist and advisor to various progressive governments, criticizes the lack of courage from governments to reform the tax system and argues that access to housing should be managed as a human right rather than as an asset, advocating for the construction of affordable housing and the creation of a public bank in Spain. #MarianaMazzucato #EconomíaComún #ViviendaSocial (translated)

The Bank of Spain warns that the proposed rental control and tax aid by Sánchez's government could harm the economy in the medium and long term by reducing the real income of property owners and limiting the supply of rental housing without effectively curbing the price increase. (translated)

The Spanish government has decided to eliminate the annual review of rents to protect tenants, despite the fact that rental profitability has fallen by 25% since 2018, which discourages landlords from offering more housing in a context of housing crisis. #Alquiler #Vivienda #Rentabilidad (translated)

Barcelona has approved the 'Maricarmen decree', which establishes an increase of up to 150% in the property tax (IBI) for tourist apartments, with the support of PSC, ERC, and Comuns, while planning to close 10,600 of these homes by 2028. #Vivienda #PisosTurísticos #Barcelona (translated)