It was seen coming, but that doesn’t make it any less doubtful. The one that was going to allow rental contracts to be frozen for two years has not obtained approval from Congress. Sumar, has not managed to convince Junts, which has ended up joining the Popular Party and Vox in their refusal.
The decree had two levers to protect tenants: first, it froze contracts about to expire, but it also set 2% caps on annual rental price updates. Both are out of rigor with this refusal.
Javier Casqueiro, political correspondent for EL PAÍS, explains the political ins and outs that made the Government publish the decree even knowing that they did not have enough support to approve it. And Gorka Pérez, from the Economy section, reviews the possible courses of action for all people who have sent a burofax to their landlord informing him of their willingness to take advantage of the extraordinary extension that the royal decree was going to allow.
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