Briefing
The plenary chamber of the Congreso de los Diputados did not approve the two emergency decrees on housing policy issued by the Council of Ministers at the end of September, on 2 October 2026. They are Real Decreto-ley Real Decreto-ley 26/2026, dated 29 September 2026, on measures to protect the social function of housing and expand the supply of affordable homes, and Real Decreto-ley 27/2026, dated 29 September 2026, to strengthen the stability of rental contracts. Both decisions were formally confirmed by a Resolución of Congress for publication in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE).
In the recorded vote on 2 October, MPs narrowly voted against approving the decrees, according to official information; reports list the vote totals and party group positions. According to the record, the parties voting against the decrees included PP, Vox and Junts per Catalunya. Before the vote, the Junts group justified its position by calling for more comprehensive guarantees for tenants and negotiations on a new text that could command support. Junts’s spokesperson in the Congreso, Míriam Nogueras, had previously said that the party preferred to reject the proposed texts and was pressing the government to withdraw and redraft them.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, had called for support for the decrees in the days before the vote; their defeat prompted immediate political reactions and public protests. The official documents of the Congreso – including the notice of the plenary sitting, the voting record and any Resolución for publication in the BOE – are freely accessible official documents and form the basis of this report.
The news can be verified through official statements by the Congreso de los Diputados and publication in the Boletín Oficial del Estado; further details on individual votes and speeches can be found in the Diario de Sesiones of Congress.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).