Gov’t extends freeze on mortgages, loans, utilities cutoff
The coalition government’s Consejo de Ministros executive cabinet on Tuesday voted to extend through September 30th the moratorium on payment of mortgages…
Housing & Homeless
Police nab suspected serial killer of Barcelona homeless
Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra regional police force say they have arrested a many they believe to be a serial killer responsible for the…
Court convicts Podemos deputy over eviction protest
Defense attorneys for Isabel Serra, a prominent member of Unidas Podemos and deputy for the party in the Madrid regional assembly, have…
NGOs take on food delivery to most vulnerable in crisis
Municipal governments nationwide have registered a veritable avalanche of requests for emergency aid and distribution of food to the most vulnerable, many…
TOP HEADLINES: Coronavirus crisis in Spain …
Summary of some of the top headlines appearing in Spain’s daily newspapers & news sites this morning, with links to the original…
Gov’t eyes rent moratorium, minimum income relief
Spain’s Vice-President for Economic Affairs Nadia Calviño confirmed on Monday that the government is considering a temporary moratorium on residential rent payments…
Regions shelter homeless during coronavirus lockdown
Regional and local governments across Spain are rushing to get homeless people off the streets and into shelters to minimize the spread…
Iglesias to coordinate regional delivery of social services
Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa and 2nd Vice-President and Social Affairs Minister Pablo Iglesias announced in a joint press conference Thursday that…
COVID-19: Iglesias in charge of efforts to help homeless
The coalition government has placed 2nd Vice President and Minister for Social Affairs Pablo Iglesias in charge of coordinating efforts by the…
Coalition gov’t agrees to freeze urban rental evictions
Spain’s new coalition government has agreed to place a hold on evictions of renters behind on their monthly rental payments in areas…
Anti-eviction activists distressed after Iglesias meeting
Following a meeting Friday with Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, who is 2nd Vice President for Social Affairs in Spain’s new coalition…
León program to help both homeless and their animals
The Veterinary Hospital of the University of León and the Spanish Red Cross of León have announced they will open two legal…
Madrid ‘Big Sleep Out’ puts focus on Spain’s homeless
Hundreds of volunteers slept out in the cold on Saturday night in Madrid as part of the global “World’s Big Sleep Out”,…
Cáritas campaign hopes to ‘put a face’ on homelessness
► Relief agency’s campaign wants public to look homelessness full in the face ► Agency estimates 40,000 homeless in Spain, with evictions…
One quarter of Spaniards at risk of poverty, exclusion
► 26.1% of Spaniards at risk of poverty, extreme poverty up first time in 3 years ► More men managing to leave…
Homeless demand visibility, attention in political debate
A group of about 30 homeless people have camped out in front of the government’s Ministry of Health in Madrid since 16th…
New decrees target energy poverty, promote renewables
The government of President Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday its approval of two new Decretos Leyes (‘Decreed Laws’) containing measures aimed at…
Congress commission passes six gov’t decrees into law
The Spanish government on Wednesday secured majority votes in the 65-member Permanent Commission of Spain’s Congress to approve six Decretos Leyes (‘Decreed…
New norms aim to slash number of Madrid tourist flats
Madrid’s city council approved regulations on Wednesday that will require private owners of tourist flats in the city centre to obtain the…
NGOs urge social justice agenda for election manifestos
Spanish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the country’s political parties to include commitments to social justice in their party manifestos in…
Gov’t decrees pave way for PSOE election campaign
The outgoing Socialist party (PSOE) government of President Pedro Sánchez plans to use Spain’s express Decreto Ley process over the coming weeks…
Substandard housing rife in Barcelona, warns Cáritas
The Catholic church’s Cáritas relief agency in Barcelona revealed Wednesday that nearly 950,000 people, representing 36 percent of the residents of 27…
Renter evictions rise as PAH faults Congress for inaction
This year is shaping up to be the worst in recent memory for evictions of renters and homeowners across Spain, according to…
Food banks need you! It’s annual ‘Gran Recogida’ time …
Spain’s Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) has put out the call for volunteers to help with this weekend’s Gran Recogida (Big Collection)…
NGOs’ campaign effort aims to make homeless visible
In the run-up to the nationwide Dia de las Personas Sin Hogar (Homeless Persons’ Day) on Sunday 25th November, four Spanish non-governmental…
Sánchez vows to change law so banks pay mortgage tax
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday pledged to introduce legislation that would override a Supreme Court decision this week that said home…
Court puts brakes on bank payouts to mortgage holders
Spain’s Supreme Court has announced a special 31-judge panel will convene on 5th November to decide the fate of last week’s ruling…
Madrid to index, set price limits on residential rentals
Madrid’s city council has ordered preparation of a study leading to the development of a price index to be used in setting…
Court gives OK to Basque affordable housing legislation
The regional government in Spain’s Basque Country has been given the green light by Spain’s Tribuna Constitucional (Constitutional Court) for the expropriation…
Sánchez showcases progressive centre-Left government
► New cabinet includes 11 women, 6 men and first openly gay ministers ► ► Sánchez restructures ministries, brings 5 independents onto…
PP, Ciudadanos vote to block housing legislation
Representatives of the governing Partido Popular (PP) and centre-right ally Ciudadanos on the Mesa Directiva executive committee of Congress have voted to…