Temporada Contract
A 9-to-11-month Spanish rental contract that currently falls outside the Ley de Vivienda's rent caps in stressed zones.
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Background
The temporada (seasonal) contract is a 9-to-11-month Spanish rental agreement that currently falls outside the rent caps the Ley de Vivienda (Spain's Housing Law) imposes in zonas tensionadas (designated stressed-rent zones). Long-stay remote workers have used it as the standard route into Spanish housing precisely because it sidesteps those caps.
Government spokesperson Elma Saiz announced on 29 June 2026 that the Coalition has agreed to bring a housing royal decree-law to approval in July 2026 that would demand written contracts and apply a tighter legal test of what counts as genuinely temporary, closing much of the current loophole. As of 1 July the decree remains unapproved.
The measure repackages the rental prorroga (forced contract extension) that Congress rejected on 28 April, this time bundled with a VAT rise on tourist flats from 10% to 21% and IRPF rebates for landlords who cut rents. For nomads, closing the temporada gap reshapes their Spanish housing economics more than the headline tax rise does.