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Catalan leader unveils housing measures as Hungary probes ex-ministers in anti-corruption drive

Catalan leader unveils housing measures as Hungary probes ex-ministers in anti-corruption drive
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Catalan President Salvador Illa will present new housing measures during a parliamentary debate on policy direction starting Tuesday, focusing on rental assistance and financial guarantees to expand access beyond young people to broader age groups. The announcement follows Catalonia’s ongoing housing crisis, which has led to the highest number of evictions in Spain, including the widely publicized case of an elderly woman, Maricarmen.

Illa’s government has prioritized housing as a central issue, framing it as part of a broader push against inequality under his “shared prosperity” economic model. The new measures will include strengthening financial guarantees for the public-private “Plan 50,000” housing initiative and introducing a law to increase housing density, agreed upon with the Comuns party. Illa has claimed that “no one is doing more for housing than the Catalan government,” according to *La Vanguardia* .

Meanwhile, Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that the National Bureau for Asset Recovery and Protection (NVVH) will launch investigations on Monday into several high-profile corruption cases tied to the previous administration of Viktor Orbán. The parliament is also set to vote on lifting the immunity of two former Fidesz ministers—Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták—as part of Magyar’s “Operation Purgatory,” a broader anti-corruption drive targeting 16 years of Fidesz rule. The NVVH, established this year, has the authority to probe public contracts, state grants, EU funds, and other public assets, and can represent prosecutors in court .

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