{
  "id": 13321843,
  "title": "El cantar de los caseros",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/el-cantar-de-los-caseros",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-10T03:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/opinion/2026-10-10/el-cantar-de-los-caseros.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The story of the dispossessed tenant playing the piano is a sad tale of a man with four properties and a mind constantly worried. He sleeps poorly and has no peace, as three of his homes provide him with income, while the fourth is his own. He fears taxes, the government, and the courtroom, concerned that someone may not pay his rent or that the market will be regulated. Listen to his lament, for he is not a fund nor a vulture, but a hardworking man. He bought his properties with his labor, effort, and sacrifices, so now he does not want anyone to touch him. \"I am not a fund nor a vulture, I am a hardworking man. I bought them with my work, effort, and privations, so do not come and bother me.\" \"Property is sacred,\" he insists, and it cannot be questioned. His properties cost him blood, sweat, and a kidney, with two of them inherited from his parents. The other two were purchased in 1997, a time when hard work was required. He registered them, facing opposition with names like \"nómina, vida laboral, avalista, and selección.\" He puts his properties on Idealista, facing opposition such as monthly fees, labor life, indemnities, and selection. He allows the trash to be paid by those who generate it, and he pays the rent himself, not asking for more sacrifices. He does not seek any protection, and he watches his accounts daily, fearing the invasion of occupation. He manages a three-room property with three families of immigrants sharing rooms, with their cooking and living schedules. Now, he faces the same movement in Sol, with the same old protesters carrying banners. Ten years ago, they said a house could not be bought, but now they only demand less rent. They have changed from wanting to be owners to simply renting. The youth today is so poor that they even ask for reduced rents. If they cannot make ends meet in Madrid, they should move to Ciempozuelos, Parla, Pinto, or Valdemoro, where there is plenty of space in the countryside. They also arrive with their red catechism, demanding top limits, fixed prices, and taking what they are owed. They want to profane the sacred, the property, which is sacred. Their solutions are worthless. If I face a rent increase, I will get angry and stop renting. The government has offered me bonuses, asked for solidarity, and wants to burst the bubble and satisfy popular indignation. But now, with the election approaching, they have two emergency decrees: eight years to solve the problem and two weeks to find a solution. The PP and Vox are more clear, advocating for construction without intervention. The more properties they build, the more properties they can acquire. The unions, after years of applauding, have suddenly discovered that they too must protest. They join a strike with great indignation, but they protest against the opposition, not the government. They demonstrate in the square, whoever governs governs: some shout, others legislate, but no one bites me. As long as the houses bring in money and the function does not change, they will continue with their theater: long live the renter!",
  "summary": "Esta es la triste historia del rentista atribulado, que tiene cuatro viviendas y vive muy preocupado",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}