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What it is

Bill would protect vulnerable tenants and compensate owners during the pandemic

Amendments step 3 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 23 December 2020. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on urgent measures to address situations of social and economic vulnerability in the area of housing and in matters of transport (originating from Royal Decree-Law 37/2020, of December 22).

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000040· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would suspend evictions and removals of people in economic vulnerability who have no housing alternative, while the state of alarm lasts. Tenants could request this suspension from the court, and social services would have to issue a report within ten days.
  2. It would also allow a judge to suspend removals from occupied homes if the property belongs to a legal entity or to an owner of more than ten homes, and the occupants are vulnerable. Cases involving crime, already assigned social housing, or entries after the rule takes effect are excluded.
  3. It would rebalance the finances of state-run regular road passenger transport contracts, to offset the COVID-19 drop in demand between June 22, 2020 and June 30, 2021. It includes an advance payment before May 31, 2021 and requires keeping the service running until December 31, 2021.
  4. Customer service phone lines could cost no more than a standard call to a landline or cell phone. For basic services of general interest (water, gas, electricity, banking, insurance, transport, health and others) the customer service number would have to be free, and failing to remove the effects of abusive clauses would become a punishable offense.
  5. Landlords and owners affected by a suspension could claim compensation if the government fails to apply the protection measures within three months of the social services report. The Government would have to approve a royal decree so regional governments can use State Housing Plan 2018-2021 funds to pay it.
  6. It would ban cutting electricity, natural gas and water supply to vulnerable, severely vulnerable or at-risk-of-exclusion consumers while the state of alarm lasts. It would also extend State Housing Plan 2018-2021 aid to provide housing solutions to people facing eviction.

Who it affects

  • Tenants and occupants in economic vulnerability with no housing alternative: Their eviction or removal could be suspended until the end of the state of alarm.
  • Landlords and owners of the affected homes: They could claim compensation if the government takes more than three months to apply the protection measures.
  • State-regulated regular road passenger transport companies: They could request a financial rebalancing of their contracts and an advance on compensation for the drop in demand.
  • Consumers and users: Calls to customer service would cost at most a standard call, and would be free for basic services.
  • Vulnerable electricity, gas and water consumers: Their supply could not be cut off while the state of alarm lasts.

Words worth knowing

Lanzamiento
The physical removal of a person from a home after an eviction ruling.
Arrendatario y arrendador
Arrendatario is the tenant who rents the home; arrendador is the landlord who rents it out.
Reequilibrio económico
A financial adjustment of the contract to compensate the company for losses caused by an exceptional situation.
Consumidor vulnerable
A person or household with low income entitled to reduced-price electricity or gas supply (the 'bono social').
Real decreto-ley
A rule with the force of law that the Government can pass urgently, without prior ordinary parliamentary procedure.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 3 of 7 steps. It reached Amendments, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced23 December 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted2 February 2021The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments5 February 2021Groups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 202211. 23 December 2020: Presentación22. 2 February 2021: Comisión de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana Publicación desde 02/02/2021 hasta 05/02/202133. 2 February 2021: Calificación44. 5 February 2021: Comisión de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana Enmiendas desde 05/02/2021 hasta 30/05/202355. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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