On the eve of the rental strike, it seems that an agreement has been reached in the Spanish Executive on how to care for tenants. He Diario.es has advanced some of them, citing internal official sources. The debate has focused on whether homeowners are separated or not, but in the end large homeowners will have to settle 50% of the income they collect.

85% of the owners charge one or two rentals in the Spanish state. The consequences of the economic situation generated by the coronavirus have also been taken into account.

Some of the measures are that those who do not pay the rent will not be able to be evicted, the six-month extension of rental contracts – rental prices will not be increased in that interval – the micro-credits for those who are in a vulnerable situation, without any interest and at six years of age; the State will grant aid of up to EUR 900 to pay these micro-credits, with certain conditions...

The measures also affect the owners. Owners of more than eight homes and investment funds must offer a four-month moratorium and if there is no agreement to return the money, tenants will have a 50% settlement.

In total, the Spanish Government will allocate EUR 700 million in aid, as proposed by the Minister for Transport and Mobility, José Luis Ábalos.

Tenants: "It's going to make us debt more."

Tenant unions have recognised that this is a step, if approved by the Council of Ministers, and that "social pressure" is taking place in the company. However, they believe that access to microcredit or the moratorium is going to make them even more indebted, because they are going to enter the economic hole.

They have therefore announced their intention to continue the rent strike as of 1 April and have demanded that the collection of rents be "suspended".