They call for an extension of the "anti-eviction decree" to prevent dozens of families from staying on the streets in 2026

The Stop Evictions platform has warned that this could be a "tsunami of evictions in 2026" if the "social protection decree"in force until 31 December is not extended.

Representatives of this group today, at a press conference held in San Sebastián with thesupportof the representatives of\u00A0 EH Bildu,  Podemos and EB-IU , have also called for the application of the "extraordinary extensions" provided for in the Housing Act, which reach three years in municipalities declared to be tense and one year in the rest.

Stop Evictions recalls that the current "housing crisis" has been exacerbated by the "speculative increase in rents" and warns that "it exceeds the levels of the 2008 bubble."  "Many vulnerable families cannot afford these rents and remain in their homes because evictions are suspended by that 2020 decree, but the extension ends on 31 December this year."

After explaining that if this rule is not renewed "hundreds of Basque families can stay on the streets", the association recalls that the decree "guarantees the payment of rents to small owners in difficulty" and that the Basque Government "is paying the rent that 259 lessors have stopped receiving", according to the prices set out in the Rental Market Statistics (EMA).

They have warned that "if the extraordinary universal extension" of this 2026 decree is not approved, the situation "could lead to a tsunami of evictions," and to prevent it, the platform has called on public administrations to take the necessary measures to ensure that "no family sleeps on the street in 2026."

About the Land Law

For her part, the spokeswoman for Stop Evictions , Rosa García, has rejected the Urgent Measures Act on Housing, Land and Town Planning adopted this week by the Basque Parliament, which "reduces the land available for the construction of officially protected housing from 75% to 60%."  "We believe that this has been made possible by the pressure being exerted by the lobbies of the builders and promoters."

"We would also like to point out that once again there is a demand for a housing contract in Lanbide in order to be able to collect the RGI and the social benefits," said Garcia, who has clarified that, in this situation, the "most vulnerable" people will not be able to receive these subsidies - among which there are numerous contracts "that are collected in black, especially when subleasing rooms" and "are therefore condemned to live in the street."