Sumar agrees with the PSOE on the extension of rents until 2028
The Spanish government still has to negotiate its approval with the groups in Congress
Madrid / BarcelonaSumar announced this Wednesday that it has agreed with the PSOE on the extension of rents until 2028 through a new housing decree that will also include tax incentives for landlords, an indispensable measure to ensure the text is finally approved with Junts' favorable vote in Congress.
This measure, which the Spanish government had tried to push forward but which Congress rejected with the opposing votes of PP, Vox, and Junts, was one of the pending issues, especially for the minority partner in the executive, Sumar. The party founded by Yolanda Díaz had set out to bring the measure back to the Council of Ministers to have it approved before summer.
"The new royal decree-law includes a broad package of measures that will provide a comprehensive solution to the problem of access to housing, currently the main concern of Spanish citizens," Sumar stated in a press release.
Despite Sumar's announcement now, the Ministry of Housing, held by the PSOE, already planned to bring a new draft decree to the Council of Ministers. However, sources from the Ministry explained to the media that "in favor of the agreement," they will maintain "discretion regarding the content" of the text. Nevertheless, the same sources assure that the decree will be "broad, ambitious, and will include structural solutions for the housing problem".
The main difficulty in approving this text is not in the Council of Ministers. Once the Spanish government gives the green light, the content of the regulation will temporarily come into force until Congress validates it a few weeks later. It is precisely in the parliamentary vote where there are doubts about the decree's viability: Junts already rejected the first version because it demanded tax benefits for landlords of rental flats, which that text did not include. Now, if these benefits do appear in the new decree, it is Podemos who could vote against it and, therefore, cause the text to fall for the second time.
