00:00The Spanish Parliament began a session on Friday to debate two government decrees on housing and vote under approval amid
00:06protests outside Parliament's building and mounting political pressure, after the Catalan party Junts announced its rejection of both decrees in
00:12their current form.
00:14The proposed measures include strengthening protections for tenants facing eviction, extending certain rental contracts and adopting measures to limit real
00:23estate purchases by investment funds, along with tax measures and housing-related incentives.
00:28The vote comes after a wave of protests sparked by the eviction of 87-year-old Mari Carmen Abascal from
00:34her home in Madrid before an agreement was reached allowing her to return to the apartment where she had lived
00:39for nearly seven decades.
00:41The eviction led to protests and encampments in Madrid and other Spanish cities amid a growing debate over the housing
00:48affordability crisis.
00:56Today we have the opportunity to tell Mari Carmen that her struggle has meant that no one else will have
01:01to suffer as she has.
01:06We have the opportunity to provide immediate relief to all those who lie awake at night fearing the next rent
01:12increase.
01:18We have the opportunity to give hope to all young people, to all working people who want to buy a
01:23home, but have been unable to do so because they could not afford the deposit, because they are trapped in
01:29the rental market.
01:30In short, today we have the opportunity to put an end to property speculation.
01:39And also in this context, the Jun's party announced the rest of the night that it rejected the two decrees
01:44and called on the government to withdraw them and draft a new tax,
01:47arguing that certain measures could, in his view, reduce the supply of rental housing and drive-out prices.
01:53In contrast, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government insisted on putting the two decrees to a boot after rejecting Jun's request
01:58to withdraw and withdraw them.
01:59The session takes place amid tight security around the parliament building in Madrid, while protesters from the housing crisis encampments
02:06organized a march towards the building at a time when tenants' unions were calling on lawmakers to support the two
02:12decrees.
02:19And people continued to gather in Madrid to demand urgent housing reforms.
02:23There was a pot-banging protest outside City Hall intended to pressure the government to support the housing decrees that
02:29were approved by the Council of Ministers this week.
02:32The protest began earlier than scheduled, with demonstrators chanting for an end to the real estate business and demanding the
02:37right to decent housing.
02:38The Madrid protest is part of a broader wave of demonstrations held in several parts of the country.
02:43This public pressure aims to ensure the approved measures become reality and improve the living conditions of thousands.
02:53This public pressure left to at a date on Demo Poncho to cancel the relevant offices of New York time.
02:53Now thatlastan Salahouk says, it's a part of a piece of lockdown under theacles that simply keeps going on for
02:53a while.
02:53Thank you for not only a big picture.
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