The Ministry of Social Rights, in the hands of Sumar, bypassed the Ministry of Housing in mid-October by preparing its own decree-law to intervene in the market. A battery of measures which, to date, remain without being negotiated with the … PSOE, among which the extension of rental contracts signed at lower prices during the pandemic – which the minority partner of the government estimates at 630,000, but whose consumption drops to 300,000 – which expire imminently, in 2026. Today, after two months without response from the socialist wing of the executive, those of Yolanda Díaz are increasing the pressure and seeking to give the portrait of their coalition partner.
The second vice-president herself took it upon herself to announce this Saturday, during informal interviews with journalists during the celebration at the Congress of Deputies of Constitution Day, which this year celebrates its 47th anniversary, that she would take the decree to the Government Delegated Commission for Economic Affairs (CDGAE), a preliminary step to the Council of Ministers. “We are going to take him to the CDGAE and overthrow him there,” Díaz told the PSOE, which occupies the majority of seats. One of the main obstacles, also explained by the Minister of Labor, would be the head of the Economy, Carlos Body, who has “a very neoliberal position” and would not be willing to accept the freezing of the revaluation of leases in Spain.
Of course, Díaz didn’t want to get caught up in time. “We do not know how or when,” explain other government sources from Sumar, who confirm on the other hand that the idea is to submit the decree to the CDGAE before the end of the year.
Housing is one of the issues that has so far most divided the PSOE and Sumar. Likewise, Díaz recognized once again this Saturday in the Lower House that there are “important differences” with his coalition partner in terms of budgets, particularly around two axes: public revenue policy and the eradication of inequalities. Concerning the first, taxation, the magentas want to address the question of limited investment companies listed on the real estate market (Socimis). What the PSOE is also not in favor of: “We do not repair housing if we do not repair the socimis. It cannot be that they pay taxes at 1%”, denounces the second vice-president of the government. In terms of eradicating inequalities in our country, Díaz and his coalition are committed to taking measures such as strengthening free school meals or universal allowances for children’s education.
Díaz will expose all this and much more, protected by all her ministers – Mónica García (Más Madrid), Pablo Bustinduy, Ernest Urtasun (Comuns) and Sira Rego (IU) – next week in an event that will celebrate the presentation space of the roadmap and priorities that she will present to the PSOE in terms of budgets in order to define a profile in a future negotiation of the State accounts.