Spain’s parliament rejects both emergency housing measures the government hoped would quell protests against evictions

Spain's parliament on Friday rejected two government decrees containing emergency housing measures aimed at addressing a housing crisis and quelling nationwide protests against evictions. The parliamentary defeat marks a setback for the government's legislative efforts to tackle the ongoing housing issues.

The rejected decrees were intended to implement numerous measures to resolve the crisis. The failure to pass these emergency policies leaves the government's proposed immediate solutions unadopted as public demonstrations over housing and evictions persist across the country.