The Spanish government on Tuesday pre-approved a raft of new measures aimed at helping to solve the current housing crisis, from a ban on vulture funds to a moratorium on evictions until 2030.

Most of our readers believe that no one single group is to blame for Spain's current housing crisis, but rather that they all contribute to a vicious circle. Here's what The Local Spain's readers had to say.

The Spanish government on Tuesday announced plans to limit natural gas price increases to 15 percent and extend fuel discounts to shield consumers from the fallout of the Middle East war.

As hundreds protest the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen by a vulture fund that quintupled her rent and the government seeks to pass legislation regulating these investment firms, we look at how 'fondos buitre' have taken Spain's rental market hostage.

A Madrid pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests that have piled pressure on the government to resolve Spain's housing crisis can return home after a deal with the property's owners, her lawyer said on Monday.

The 2026/2027 winter flu vaccination campaign is about to begin in Spain. Find out who can get the flu vaccine through the public health system, when the campaign begins in each region, and how to get it done on the private system.

British and German tourists spend less in the Balearics, immigration official sentenced to prison for accepting bribes, Spanish government to approve social media ban for under 16s before 2027 and more news on Tuesday September 29th.

Tourist rentals? Vulture funds? Greedy landlords? Have your say on the issues affecting housing in Spain - let us know who you think is to blame and what solutions there are to the problem of sky-high rents in the country.

Demonstrators camping in a central Madrid square vowed Monday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez over Spain's housing crisis, as the 87-year-old woman at the centre of the protest called on them to "hold on".

'Los fondos buitre' are very unpopular in Spain currently. But what exactly do these words mean and why do they have a negative connotation in Spanish?

Spain will implement numerous changes to its traffic rules in October 2026, with many important updates for motorcyclists, cyclists and e-scooter riders as well as motorhome and regular motor vehicle drivers.

After the hottest summer on record and some of the highest September temperatures ever seen, the mercury will finally start to fall this week, accompanied by warnings for torrential rain and thunderstorms.

New York mayor Mamdani posts video playing 'office basketball' with Spain's PM, Spanish director Almodóvar visits Madrid housing protest camp and more news on Monday September 28th.

After spending his first night in a tent in central Madrid, David Muller-Plantenberg said he would remain there as long as needed to press the government to tackle Spain’s housing crisis.

British budget airline EasyJet will operate six new routes between Spain and the UK from 2027, including establishing a new base at Girona airport in the north-east of the country.

A growing protest camp in the heart of Madrid over unaffordable housing pushed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday to pledge swift government action.

Spanish public railway company Renfe on Friday said it had suffered a cyberattack that compromised some user data, with media reporting that criminals used AI in a first for Spain.

After recent regional election breakthroughs by the Alternative for Germany (AfD), here is an overview of radical, nationalist and far- and hard-right parties' positions across Europe in recent years.

Thousands of people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to protest the Spanish government's handling of a recent migrant influx into Ceuta, accusing it of failing to protect the country's borders and calling for an early general election.

In this week's Inside Spain, we look at how 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction is just one of many abuses being carried out against renters in Spain, and how Spanish politicians are failing millions of people with limp law-making.