
Developments in the rental housing market: limitation of the rent update and declaration of unconstitutionality of the Catalan law
The government has decreed a rent freeze in the wake of the crisis generated by the war in Ukraine, while the Constitutional Court has annulled a large part of the content of the Catalan Housing Law.
In the last month,…

Attention: last days to register in the Register of Large Housing Holders
The Catalan Law 1/2022 of 3 March to address the housing emergency introduced, among other measures, the obligation for large housing tenants to register in the new Register of Large Housing Tenants
On 8 March last, Catalan…

The creditor's right to claim EUR 40 per unpaid invoice
Analysis of the ruling of the SC (Contentious Chamber) of 4 May 2021, which resolves the question of whether the measure provided for in art. 8 of Law 3/2004 allows 40 euros to be claimed for the total amount of the debt…

Closed by COVID, is it possible to claim compensation from the insurer?
The control of the incorporation of clauses limiting insurance cover in the light of a judgment of the Provincial Court of Girona: the gateway to compensation for loss of profits due to COVID.
Over the last few days, the…

Approximation to the latest measures approved by the government concerning leasing agreements
The Government has approved by Royal Decree-Law 35/2020 of 22 December, 37/2020 of 22 December and Royal Decree-Law 1/2021 of 1 January, new measures relating to the leasing of business premises and the suspension of housing…

The Generalitat decrees the reduction of rents in the leasing of business premises
The Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya decrees the reduction of rent in the leasing of business premises in which commercial or industrial activities are carried out in cases in which the competent authority imposes…

Impact of coronavirus on leases
The Council of Ministers has approved a new Royal Decree-Law adopting additional urgent social and economic measures to deal with COVID-19.
In the last three weeks, we have received many queries from law firms due to…

Catalonia imposes limits on the amount of housing rent
The Generalitat of Catalonia has promulgated the regulation that aims to contain the permanent increase in income from housing leases in certain areas of its territory as a congruent measure to comply with the social function…

The new housing lease
The Government has approved Royal Decree-Law 7/2019, of March 1, on urgent measures in the area of housing and rent, by which it modifies the Urban Rentals Law, the Horizontal Property Law and the Civil Procedure Law, among…

Congress Repeals Government-Approved Housing Lease Reform
Congress has repealed Royal Decree-Law 21/2018, of 14 December, on urgent measures in the field of housing and renting, approved by the Government, which amended the Urban Rentals Act, the Horizontal Property Act and the…