Housing decree postponed to September: temporada leases stay outside the LAU

The government pulled the decree-law from the 28 July Council of Ministers for lack of support (Podemos rejects the land-law reform; Junts demands landlord incentives and anti-squatting measures). It returns at the first Council of Ministers in September. The package contained the first LAU rules for seasonal "temporada" leases (a 12-month maximum and a written, documented cause), 21% VAT on tourist rentals and an extension of tenancies to June 2028. None of it is law today: there is no text in the BOE, and even once approved it would need parliamentary ratification within 30 days — exactly where RD-ley 8/2026 failed in April.

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