What it is
Proposal to let tenants buy their apartment even in bulk sales
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 20 May 2025. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.
Official title: Private member's bill amending Law 29/1994, of November 24, on urban leases, to restore the tenant's preferential right of acquisition in cases of joint sale.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000193· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would amend Article 25 of the Urban Leases Law so that tenants could exercise the rights of preemption and withdrawal even when the apartment is sold together with other properties in the same building, or when the whole building is sold to a single buyer.
- In those cases, the tenant could exercise their right over the apartment they occupy, based on the price and conditions of the sale, properly broken down.
- The seller would have to notify the sale to the tenant individually, stating the price assigned to their apartment and the essential conditions, with transparency and good faith.
- The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette and is issued under the state's jurisdiction over civil legislation.
Who it affects
- Tenants of apartments: They could buy the apartment they occupy even if the building is sold whole or together with other properties owned by the landlord.
- Landlords of rented apartments or premises: If they sell together with other properties, they would have to notify the tenant and allow them to exercise their right of first refusal.
- Buyers of entire buildings: They could lose the apartments occupied by tenants who exercise their withdrawal right.
Words worth knowing
- Tanteo (preemption right)
- The tenant's right to buy the rented apartment before anyone else, on the same terms as the agreed sale.
- Retracto (withdrawal right)
- The tenant's right to take over the apartment after it has already been sold to someone else, stepping into the buyer's place.
- Derecho de adquisición preferente (right of first refusal)
- The umbrella term for tanteo and retracto: the tenant's priority to buy the rented home.
- Venta conjunta (joint sale)
- When several apartments or premises owned by the same landlord, or the whole building, are sold at once to a single buyer.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced20 May 2025Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted27 May 2025The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
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.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- XV Legislature, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 29/1994, of November 24, on Urban Leases, to restore the tenant's preferential right of acquisition in cases of joint sale.
- XV Legislature, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 29/1994, of November 24, on Urban Leases, to restore the tenant's preferential right of acquisition in cases of joint sale.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000193
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, procedure
The date of each step, with its official wording.
Retrieved 13 November 2026
- 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.