Mass Housing Protests Across Spain as Thousands March in Madrid

Thousands of people took to the streets across Spain to protest soaring rents and housing shortages following the rejection of government tenant decrees.

Thousands of people protested in Madrid and other cities across Spain over housing shortages and skyrocketing rents, Spanish newspaper El País and German newspaper Handelsblatt reported. The protests erupted after parliament earlier rejected the government's emergency package of rental decrees.

According to the reports, Spain's tenant union organized more than 50 demonstrations nationwide, with a massive march in Madrid reaching the Plaza de Cibeles to demand affordable housing and stronger protections for renters. Protesters also called for a general strike over the lack of housing supply, regardless of who is in power.