Protests over Spain's housing crisis continued in Madrid, where more than 300 tents occupied central Sol Square, while smaller demonstrations took place in Barcelona, Seville and Las Palmas. The demonstrations began on Sept. 26 and have been backed by left-wing and far-left civil society groups, with activists holding public meetings and calling for neighborhood committees to campaign for a general housing strike. Spain's parliament is preparing to vote on two government decrees. One would introduce automatic, indefinite rental-contract extensions, link rent increases to the consumer price index and require landlords refusing extensions to compensate tenants; it is expected to fail. The second would extend some leases by two years, suspend forced evictions until 2030, regulate seasonal and room rentals, limit rent increases and bar certain high-risk investment funds from buying homes until 2028. The government says the measures would cover about 5 million people across 1.89 million rental contracts. Passage depends on smaller parties from the Basque Country and Catalonia, while the People's Party and Vox oppose the measures. The political dispute follows the forced eviction of 87-year-old Mari Carmen, identified in an earlier account as Maricarmen Abascal, who is expected to return to her Madrid home under an eight-year lease paying 30% of her pension in rent.