The Spanish Constitutional Court declares certain squatter-protection rules in Catalonia null

The Court also considered the breach of article 86.1 of the Spanish Constitution that prevents from using a decree law (instead of a law) to affect the property (ownership) constitutional right. In this briefing, we summarize the main provisions of DL 17/2019 that have been declared null and, therefore, are no longer effective, affecting to measures regarding dwellings and vacant residential units.