Ariadna and Irene, both 29 years old, share the same opinion; they believe that this national strike is indeed the next step to take after measures to alleviate rental and housing prices have not been approved. (translated)
"It is shameful that people have to take to the streets to protest for decent housing and that this is happening to us... everything is outrageous." María José, 66 years old, was one of the attendees at the protest, which she joined, she assures 20minutos, to also protest "for housing, for healthcare, and for childcare." (translated)
Its general secretary, Ione Belarra, and the MEP and 'number two' of the purple party, Irene Montero, have called in the same vein "to put an end to the housing business" and to "paralyze the country" with a general strike. (translated)
Its Secretary General, Ione Belarra, and the MEP and 'number two' of the purple formation, Irene Montero, have called for "ending the business of housing" and to "paralyze the country" with a general strike. (translated)
Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating in Madrid, called by the Tenants' Union, to demand a general strike for housing after the rejection in Congress of two decrees aimed at addressing the rental crisis. (translated)
Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating in Madrid for the right to housing while a camp in Sol, sparked by the repeal of decrees, keeps alive the hope of organizing a general strike. (translated)
Thousands of citizens have protested in several Spanish cities to demand a general strike over the housing crisis, coinciding with President Pedro Sánchez's decision to conduct surveys on the state of public opinion following the recent defeat of housing decrees in Congress. (translated)
Estefania Molina pointed out that a general strike was being considered and stated that none had been called in eight years, despite inflation and the significant rise in housing costs. In her opinion, the current protests were a response to the fact that the Government's measures, which she wrote would only worsen the problem, were not progressing. Molina claimed that Junts was being blamed, even though the measures of Sumar and Podemos had already been implemented and had had, according to her, disastrous results. She also stated that Pedro Sánchez's goal was to displace that political space and described power in Spain as a combination of government and opposition. Finally, she said she was right to classify the protest as an electoral maneuver against the right, and not as a new 15M. She added that some people had become angry with her for that assessment. (translated)
"We are here because it is a just cause. We have been through everything at this point in life. We have had money, we have gone broke. We have rented apartments fairly and now we are tenants of a man who is against my ideas but who rents to us at a price we could afford. This is not about ideology, it's about personal decency," said José Luis (82 years old) and Carmen (80), who pay 1,100 euros for an apartment in the Argüelles neighborhood. (translated)
"We are here because it is a just cause. We have been through everything at this stage of life. We have had money, we have gone bankrupt. We have rented apartments justly and now we are tenants of a man who is contrary to my ideas but who rents to us at a price we could afford. This is not about ideology, it is about personal decency." said José Luis (82 years old) and Carmen (80), who pay 1,100 euros for an apartment in the Argüelles neighborhood. (translated)
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Spain to demand a radical transformation in the housing model and the immediate call for a general strike, in response to the growing housing crisis and the recent refusal of the Congress to approve decrees in favor of housing. (translated)
The author argued that in that system, the rentiers always came out on top and advocated for changing it through a general strike. (translated)
Podemos asserted that democracy was hijacked by rentiers and speculators and defended that the mobilization for housing should continue to grow and move towards a general strike. It stated that this should continue until the speculators and those who defended them in institutions were left without space to act. The publication included a video of Irene Montero. (translated)
Punta described the general strike as a measure against the opposition and claimed that Sánchez had taken a new turn to what he called a dystopia consuming the country. He also referred to the president with a derogatory nickname. (translated)
Irene Montero, political secretary of Podemos, has demanded that the Government implement a royal decree to reduce rents and expropriate homes from vulture funds, arguing that these measures are more urgent than calling for elections and supporting a general strike for the right to housing. (translated)
Riots and police charges erupted in Valencia when protesters attempted to access the Real Estate Summit 2026, following a massive protest for the right to housing that concluded in front of the event. (translated)
The Student Union stated that the center of Madrid was crowded and that the city was once again filled with demonstrators. It described the mobilization as a conflict between the working class and what it termed the dictatorship of capital and rent-seeking, and called for maintaining pressure and moving towards a general strike. (translated)
elDiario.es reported that thousands of people demonstrated in Valencia against real estate speculation and demanded a general strike. (translated)
EL PAÍS reported that the demonstration for dignified housing had begun in Plaza de España in Madrid, with chants labeling some housing as "zulos" and calls for popular unity. According to the outlet, thousands of people had gathered behind a banner with the slogan "Towards the general strike" and were heading towards Cibeles. (translated)
Thousands of people are demonstrating in the streets of Madrid over the lack of affordable housing and are demanding a general strike following the recent rejection of two urgent decrees in Congress. (translated)
