Spain will hold a general election on 29 November, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Monday, after his government suffered defeats on key measures aimed at tackling the country's deepening housing crisis. The decision to call an early election comes as housing protests have intensified across Spanish cities, with voters increasingly frustrated by soaring rents and property prices that have outpaced wage growth. Sánchez's government had proposed a series of interventions designed to ease the housing crunch, but those measures failed to secure parliamentary backing. The defeats exposed the fragility of his coalition's position and left the administration without a clear path forward on one of the most pressing domestic issues facing Spanish voters. Housing affordability has become a flashpoint in Spanish politics, particularly among younger citizens priced out of major urban centres. The 29 November date gives political parties less than two months to campaign on solutions to the crisis that brought down the government's legislative agenda. Whether voters will reward opposition parties promising alternative approaches or punish Sánchez's coalition for its inability to deliver remains the central question of a campaign now defined by the issue that triggered it.