Spain’s Leader Is Betting His Government on the Housing Crisis
That does not mean Sánchez expects to win an outright majority, Simón cautions.
And he further questions if housing can become a decisive voting issue.
“It is clearly one of Spain’s most important social problems and has a strong capacity to generate political mobilization, but that does not necessarily mean it will determine how people vote,” he says.
What is at stake in the election?
With a snap election, Sánchez is gambling that the housing issue will remobilize the left and give his coalition more seats in Parliament to advance its proposals.
But even if the Prime Minister succeeds in putting housing at the center of the campaign, Simón says, “that does not automatically mean that the PSOE will be the party that benefits electorally from it.”
The PP, Vox and Junts could still hold enough seats between them to block Sánchez’s housing proposals, he says, noting that far-right Vox is “growing strongly.”
