The housing decrees that were overturned on Friday in Congress were an emergency response to the social outcry caused by cases such as that of Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman who was evicted in Madrid, or that of Olga, the resident of L'Hospitalet who committed suicide after losing her home, but they did not represent a structural solution to the problem. This is known even by the promoters of the decrees and the parties that voted in favor of them. Therefore, the first thing to do is to distinguish between the response to the social emergency posed by evictions and the more fundamental and multifactorial issue of access to decent housing under proper conditions.

One by one, the anti-eviction decree had been obtaining the necessary votes to move forward this Friday in Congress, until the moment for Junts arrived. In a remote meeting in the evening, the Junts leadership announced that it will join the 'no' if the Spanish government does not withdraw the decree to re-approve it—with various modifications—next week at the council of ministers. A standoff to which Moncloa has already responded by saying it will not withdraw them. Before, Podemos had confirmed that it will vote in favor of the two housing decrees approved following the Maricarmen case, and that the PNV and Coalición Canaria will give the yes to the first and the no to the second, also causing the automatic renewal of leases and compensation for tenants to fall.