Spain Approves Eviction Protections, Tourist-Rental Tax

Spain’s interim parliament approved a package of housing measures after a general strike and large protests over soaring housing costs. The measures extend eviction protections for financially or socially vulnerable tenants when authorities cannot provide alternative housing, but lawmakers rejected a separate proposal to automatically renew tenant contracts. The package passed narrowly, and its future is uncertain: the conservative Popular Party, which leads in polls ahead of the Nov. 29 election, has pledged to repeal it if it takes power.