“This culminated in the 2023 Housing Act, Spain’s first state law on the right to housing. The Act enabled regions to establish rent caps in designated “stressed areas”, alongside stronger tenant protections.”

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“While his government had in 2023 managed to pass legislation that strengthened tenant protection and widened access to rent control, regions led by the People’s party had wielded their powers over housing to avoid implementing parts of the legislation.”

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