周五，西班牙众议院否决了政府本周早些时候提出的两项住房法令，这对该国旨在加强租户保护及缓解住房负担问题的努力造成了双重打击。
Spain's Congress of Deputies on Friday rejected two housing decrees approved by the government earlier this week, dealing a double defeat to its efforts to introduce new tenant protections and address housing affordability.
第一项法令以178票反对、172票赞成的结果被否决。反对者包括保守的人民党、极右翼的“呼声党”以及加泰罗尼亚分离主义政党“共同党”。该法令内容涉及防止某些情况下的驱逐行为、规范短租及单间租赁市场、增加经济适用房供应，以及对投资基金购置房产加以限制。
The first decree was defeated by 178 votes to 172, with the conservative People's Party, far-right Vox and Catalan separatist Junts voting against it. The measure included protections against certain evictions, regulation of seasonal and room rentals, measures aimed at expanding affordable housing and restrictions on certain property purchases by investment funds.
第二项法令遭到更多反对，共有184名议员投下反对票，仅166人支持。该法令规定：若房东无法提供法律认可的理由终止租约，则针对自住住房的租赁合同将自动续约。
A second decree was rejected by a wider margin, with 184 lawmakers voting against it and 166 in favor. That measure included the automatic renewal of primary-residence rental contracts in cases where landlords could not provide legally recognized grounds for ending them.
“共同党”对两项法令均持反对态度，并曾呼吁政府在投票前撤回这些提案，转而协商制定新法规。这两项法令最初于周二经内阁会议批准，旨在应对日益严峻的住房负担问题及租户权益保护需求。
Junts opposed both decrees and had called on the government to withdraw the measures before the votes and negotiate new legislation instead. The two decrees had been approved by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday as part of the government's response to concerns over housing affordability and protections for tenants.
此次投票正值西班牙住房危机引发大规模抗议之际。周五当天，众多示威者从马德里太阳门广场出发，向议会行进，要求通过相关住房政策。此前在9月23日，87岁的玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔被强行逐出她在马德里居住了70多年的公寓。她被用担架抬走并送医治疗，这一事件迅速成为西班牙住房危机的典型象征。
The votes came amid protests over Spain's housing crisis, with demonstrators who had been camping in Madrid's Puerta del Sol marching toward Congress on Friday to demand approval of the measures. The protests followed the Sept. 23 eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than 70 years. She was removed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital, with the case becoming a symbol of the country's housing crisis.
目前，阿巴斯卡尔已与公寓所有者达成协议：出院后她可携新租约重返原住所，且租金涨幅有限，从而避免了大幅费用增加的情况。
Abascal has since reached an agreement with the company that owns the apartment, allowing her to return to her home after leaving the hospital with a similar rent under a new contract, averting a significant price hike.