Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez proposed on Sunday to ban people outside the EU from buying housing in the country, as part of his drive to ease an affordable-homes crisis. The plan followed the Socialist leader’s proposal last week to slap a tax of up to 100 percent on such property deals in a country struggling with strong demand and soaring prices.

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez will propose a ban on people from outside the European Union buying homes in the country, as part of a broader attempt to confront a housing crisis. The government “will propose prohibiting non-EU foreigners from buying houses in our country,