The first week of the election campaign has made it clear that one of the central issues of the race for the Moncloa will be housing. The Spanish government evidenced this with the approval, this Thursday, of the Maricarmen decree in the permanent deputation of Congress –where progressive forces have an absolute majority–, which extends rental contracts for two years and suspends evictions of vulnerable people. Public opinion has also done so, with a show of strength in the streets during Wednesday's general strike and the mobilizations called throughout the territory, in a cry also for salaries and purchasing power.