A poll published on 9 October 2026 by DYM list for 20minutos shows a narrow majority sceptical of the Spanish government’s latest royal decrees on housing policy. According to the poll, 42.9 per cent of respondents believe the measures make access to housing more difficult; 39.6 per cent consider them helpful. A further 17.5 per cent were undecided.
The poll comes amid a politically charged week: the Congress of Deputies had rejected both Real Decrees on 2 October 2026. The Council of Ministers approved them again on 6 October 2026, citing unchanged urgency in Moncloa . The announcement of an early general election came between the two dates. The widely publicised eviction case involving Maricarmen Abascalhad sparked the broader debate about housing, prompting nationwide protests and political reactions.
Responses to the poll fall along clear political lines. Respondents who identify with parties on the centre-left are more likely to view the royal decrees positively; supporters of Partido Popular and Vox reject them by a majority. Government sources say the measures strengthen protection against evictions, incentivise affordable rents and curb speculative practices. Opposition representatives, by contrast, criticise greater interference with property rights and warn of negative market reactions and a fall in the housing supply.
The narrow majority who consider the royal decrees counterproductive increases political pressure on the government to secure viable majorities for the measures. Formally, the next steps depend on what happens following the dissolution of parliament and what decisions the parties make in the coming days. In comparable situations, the Diputación Permanente of the Congress of Deputies examines urgent bills and questions of oversight; a final assessment of the new texts is still pending.
The opinion figures cited here come from the DYM poll for 20minutos dated 9 October 2026. The chronology of the decisions and votes is based on statements from the government in Moncloa and reports by public broadcaster RTVE and the news agency EFE. This makes the key information on dates, bodies and decision-making processes traceable to sources; political assessments are attributed as such to the relevant actors.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).