Tens of thousands protest in Spain after failed housing reforms

Latest demonstrations deepen a days-long crisis after parliament struck down two affordable housing decrees.Published On 3 Oct 20263 Oct 2026Tens of thousands of people are rallying across Spain to demand affordable housing measures, the day after members of parliament rejected an emergency relief package for tenants.Demonstrators took to the streets in the capital, Madrid, and about 50 other cities on Saturday, calling for a general strike and reforms to address the country’s increasingly expensive housing market.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Is Spain’s anti-eviction decree a fix for its housing crisis?list 2 of 4Pot banging protests across Spain over housing crisislist 3 of 4Greece pushes EU to suspend asylum during mass migration surgeslist 4 of 4Spain’s parliament rejects gov’t housing decrees amid mass protestsend of listOn Friday, the Spanish parliament voted down two decrees proposed by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s minority left-wing government that intended to quell the crisis.“It’s a shame,” Nando de Anguulo, 26, told the Reuters news agency while protesting in Madrid. “It only proves that it is us, the people, who have to adapt to the political parties, ...