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The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, harshly criticized in Congress the housing policy of the coalition government and reproached President Pedro Sánchez, stating that he “came to a Spain of homeowners and will leave a Spain of precarious citizens.” During the prime minister’s appearance, Feijóo accused the government of fostering economic insecurity, especially in the area of housing.
Feijóo denounced that the government's “interventionism” in the real estate market has caused a generalized rise in prices, claiming that a full salary is no longer enough to pay a mortgage and that most young people are forced to live in shared rentals. He also recalled that Congress approved a request to repeal the 2023 Housing Law, as well as several PP initiatives such as the Land Law and the reform of horizontal property, which remain stalled.
The PP leader also accused the government of ignoring proposals to exempt young people from personal income tax (IRPF) to make it easier for them to acquire their first home. In contrast, he promised that if he becomes president, he will implement the largest “historic” tax cut on housing for young people, reducing VAT on new housing from 10% to 4%. He added that, under his leadership, housing policy would be overseen by the first vice presidency.
On economic matters, Feijóo warned that Spain leads poverty levels in Europe, especially child poverty, and noted that severe poverty —living on around €551 per month— affects 3.4 million people. He criticized the government for “entrenching itself” while many working couples cannot escape poverty and the middle class weakens, giving way —according to him— to a society dependent on the state. He added that the most difficult thing to recover will be “the future of millions of young Spaniards,” who are forced to choose between paying rent or buying food.
Pedro Sánchez responded ironically to Feijóo’s proposals, mocking his idea of creating a housing vice presidency and suggesting it might end up being for Vox, which “is already overtaking you in the polls.” He also criticized the PP’s promised tax cuts, recalling that similar measures between 1996 and 2004 drove housing prices up by more than 160% and helped fuel the real estate bubble. Sánchez defended the price controls of the 2023 Housing Law, urged PP-led regions to apply them, and argued that if investment funds had not been allowed to buy social housing (VPO), Spain would today have one of the most protected public housing stocks in Europe.