Rental disputes
Catalan renting generates its own litigation: deposits that never return, disputed mandatory repairs and evictions with strict legal timelines for both sides.
For tenants
The regulated deposit, repairs and rent increases have statutory ceilings: a well-written formal claim resolves more than a lawsuit. Keep everything in writing from day one.
For landlords
Eviction for non-payment follows a procedure where one error restarts everything: the lawyer from the first unpaid month, not the sixth. The well-drafted clause at signing is half the battle won.
Mediation first
Housing courts are saturated and mediation serves here better than almost anywhere: a paid agreement is faster than a won judgment. Many contracts already provide for it.