Irene Montero demands a royal decree to lower rents and expropriate homes from vulture funds

The political secretary and MEP of Podemos, Irene Montero, has demanded a royal decree that lowers rental prices, expropriates homes from vulture funds and ends speculation as a more urgent measure than an early election and has supported a general strike in Spain.

In a statement during the demonstration for housing and "towards a general strike" called by the Tenants' Union in the Spanish capital, Montero stated that, above and beyond a possible call for general elections, "the response to what has happened these days has to be to lower the price of rents and prohibit speculation by royal decree", as well as expropriate "vulture funds".

"What the social majority wants is for speculation to end" and "what is urgent" is to "end the housing business," says Montero, who has asked to change "a system that does not work" by paralyzing the country "with a general strike."

Now that it is known that "Junts is not an excuse, that they are going to vote no to everything the same", we must promote a royal decree that lowers the price of rents, that expropriates homes from vulture funds and that puts an end to "speculative purchasing", as well as "responding to the social majority", "of course before calling elections, because the urgent thing is to put an end to the housing business", concludes Montero.

In any case, "when the Socialist Party and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, decide to call, we are prepared," she proclaims.

Along these lines, the political secretary of Podemos has lamented that "there is always an excuse that makes the speculators win in the end against the social majority", but has celebrated that "all the streets in the country are filling up" in the mobilizations called in 50 cities due to the housing crisis this Saturday.