On Tuesday the Spanish government approved a new series of housing measures. The star project, the state housing law, was put on hold after the judiciary did not approve the first report on the law; however, the executive has approved two other measures to facilitate access to housing, especially for young people: the young tenant grant and the state plan for access to housing 2022-2025, endowed with €1.7bn.

Buying a home and renting it out is more profitable than having the money in the bank with negative interest rate. But the number of housing investors in Spain has fallen during the first half of this year, especially in the city of Barcelona, according to the latest study of the housing market of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the company Tecnocasa, coordinated by Professor of Economics at the UPF José García Montalvo.