Is Spain’s anti-eviction decree a fix for its housing crisis?

Spain’s left-wing coalition government has announced measures to ban evictions until 2030 to address the country’s housing crisis, after the forced removal of an 87-year-old woman last week triggered mass protests.The new measures, ⁠including rolling over contracts and banning so-called vulture funds from the housing market, will be divided into two decrees to be voted on Friday in parliament, where Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s minority left government will face an uphill battle to secure support.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Migrants ‘are not to blame’: How the Ceuta crisis engulfed Spanish footballlist 2 of 3Spain’s Sanchez warns of far-right threat in UNGA speechlist 3 of 3Thousands protest in Madrid against Spain’s housing crisisend of listSpain’s housing crisis has driven a sharp political and social split between renters and property owners, with critics saying the proposed measures risk unfairly lumping small landlords who rely on rental income together with profit-driven real estate companies.Health Minister Monica Garcia has framed parliament’s approval as non-negotiable, after a similar decree seeking to roll over rental contracts was blocked in April by...