Politics · Spain · 2 days ago
Sánchez puts housing at the centre of the PSOE’s election campaign
Pedro Sánchez has made housing a central issue as the PSOE begins campaigning for Spain’s November 29 election.
He spoke on Saturday in Dos Hermanas, a town in Seville province.
Sánchez referred to Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman who died in hospital after being evicted from her Madrid home.
He said a decree that pauses some evictions had been approved again by the government and is now in force.
The decree still needs approval from Congress’s standing delegation, after the election was called early.
Sánchez said a future progressive government would maintain and strengthen housing protections for tenants and small property owners.
The issue matters because Sánchez is presenting access to housing as a major social cause in the election campaign.
Pedro Sánchez made housing policy the focus of the PSOE’s election pre-campaign launch in Dos Hermanas, Seville.
He pledged to continue protections against evictions and housing speculation if the PSOE wins a progressive majority.
Sánchez centered his speech on Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman who died after being evicted from her home in Madrid.
The decree introducing an eviction moratorium was approved again by the Council of Ministers and was in force pending parliamentary approval.
The PSOE launched its pre-campaign under the slogan “The strength of the people” ahead of the November 29 election.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE.
- What
- Sánchez made housing policy central to the PSOE’s election pre-campaign and pledged to maintain housing protections.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026. The election is scheduled for November 29.
- Where
- Dos Hermanas, in Seville, Spain.
- Why
- Sánchez said housing was a major social cause and linked his pledge to the case of Maricarmen Abascal, who died after being evicted.
PSOE
PP, Vox and Junts
Housing decree
PSOE
The PSOE government backed an eviction-moratorium decree and said it would maintain housing protections.
PP, Vox and Junts
PP, Vox and Junts rejected an earlier version of the decree.
Maricarmen Abascal died in a hospital after being evicted from her home in Madrid.
The Council of Ministers approved again the decree introducing an eviction moratorium.
Sánchez launched the PSOE’s election pre-campaign in Dos Hermanas.
Spain is scheduled to hold the early election.
- Campaign launch
- Dos Hermanas, Seville
- Election date
- November 29
- Slogan
- The strength of the people
- Maricarmen Abascal
- 87 years old
- Decree status
- In force pending parliamentary approval
What people are saying
The fight for housing is one we will win with the strength of the people!
Housing policy has no expiration date.
Today the social cause bears the name of an 87-year-old woman who died after being evicted.
We will honor her example of life.
Sources
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