Spain expected to approve housing decrees that triggered snap election

MADRID, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Spain's ‌government is ​set ​to approve on Tuesday two housing decrees whose rejection by parliament last week prompted Prime Minister ‌Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election, Culture Minister ⁠Ernest Urtasun said.

The decrees will then be sent for approval by ‌a reduced body of ‌caretaker lawmakers who remain in place after parliament was dissolved ahead of the November 29 election, state broadcaster ​TVE said.

The standing body of 69 members, when including lower house speaker Francina Armengol from Sanchez's Socialist Party, ⁠has a slim majority in favour of the measures, which include rent caps, ​a temporary ban on evictions and limits on corporate purchases of residential property, according to state ​broadcaster TVE.

The decrees would be ‌implemented temporarily until a new parliament is formed, TVE said.

Urtasun told reporters on Monday the ⁠decrees would have some small variations but no major changes compared to those approved by the cabinet but rejected by ⁠parliament last week.

"In terms of protection, they will certainly be on a ​par with, or even exceed, what we agreed last time," Urtasun said.

Sanchez, who will hold a press conference after the cabinet ‌meeting, said on Monday he needed more seats in parliament after failing to garner enough ‌support for his proposals to address a housing crisis ⁠that has drawn nationwide protests ‌following the attempted ​eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid.

(Reporting by Charlie Devereux, Editing by Andrei Khalip and Timothy ‌Heritage)

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