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Catalonia housing law faces constitutional block
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Catalonia housing law controversy faces constitutional block
On 22 July 2026 the Catalan Parliament postponed the final vote on a draft law intended to curb aimed at curbing speculative housing purchases after Junts per Catalunya and the People’s Party asked the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries (CGE) for a legal opinion, a request that automatically suspends parliamentary triggering an automatic suspension of proceedings. The vote was rescheduled for after the summer recess, likely in late September or early October. A week later, on recess. On 4 August 2026, 2026 the CGE issued its opinion, ruling that a unanimous dictamen declaring the proposal infringes unconstitutional, stating it breaches private‑property rights, inheritance and inheritance, freedom of enterprise, thereby halting its parliamentary progress. contractual obligations and legal certainty, and exceeds the competencies of the Catalan government under the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute. The ruling, while not binding, effectively halts the bill and forces a comprehensive revision. Catalonia’s minister for Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Silvia Paneque, announced that said the regional government will explore all legal avenues to protect access to homes. She noted that 271 municipalities—covering about 90 % of Builders’ association APCE called for the Catalan population—are classified as residential‑market tension zones law’s withdrawal, and highlighted the "Pla 50.000" People’s Party welcomed the CGE’s assessment. The controversy continues amid the “Pla 50.000” plan to deliver 50,000 public rental homes by 2030, alongside 2030 and measures such as vacant‑home mobilisation, right of first refusal mobilisation and land reservation for new developments. right‑of‑first‑refusal in the 271 municipalities classified as residential‑market tension zones.
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