Calling a meeting, calculating majorities, drafting the minutes, and ensuring the decision holds up in court if challenged: this is, fundamentally, the most delicate part of the job for any property manager or community president. And in 2026, this area is shifting. There is an ongoing legal reform that directly affects homeowners' meeting decisions majorities, and it's important to understand what is already in force and what remains, for now, just a proposal.
The Reform in Congress: What Will Change in Meetings
The starting point is simple: since the extraordinary pandemic measures ceased to be in effect, the state law does not expressly regulate telematic meetings or electronic voting. The only explicit legal coverage telematic meetings have had in Spain was Royal Decree-Law 8/2021, which allowed meetings via videoconference or mail voting until December 31, 2021, and since January 1, 2022, there is no state regulation expressly governing them.
This is changing. On May 26, 2026, the Plenary of the Congress of Deputies approved the consideration of a bill that reforms three key articles of the LPH, with a decisive result: 306 votes in favor, 33 against, and 10 abstentions. Among the novelties proposed by the text, it stands out that it recognizes email as a valid means of notification to owners, eliminating the exclusive dependence on paper and bulletin boards, in addition to expressly covering hybrid meetings and digital minutes.
However, this is not yet applicable law. The proposal passed the consideration on May 26, 2026, and the file went to the Justice Commission, where it has been in the amendment phase since June 12; until the final text is approved and published in the BOE, it is not in force. Furthermore, caution is advised with the details: the wording may change during the process, and the initial text foresaw that each community would first approve the use of videoconferencing or include it in their statutes.
What You Can Do Today, While the Law Hasn't Changed
For administrators and presidents, the practical question is what leeway there is right now to modernize meetings without risking a challenge. The most solid path remains the same: in the general regime of the Horizontal Property Law, there is still no rule that expressly authorizes videoconferencing, so the safest route is for all owners to approve it unanimously or for it to be included in the statutes. For those who cannot attend in person, written proxy voting remains the safest alternative.
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Catalonia, a Step Ahead in Majorities and Accessibility
While the state reform progresses slowly, it is worth remembering that in Catalonia, the landscape has been different for years. The Catalan Civil Code has allowed telematic meetings since 2015, provided that the identification of attendees, real-time communication, and voting are guaranteed. It is not a novelty but a consolidated regime that Catalan communities already apply routinely.
The difference is not limited to telematic meetings. In terms of mandatory community accessibility works, the Catalan Civil Code also facilitates decision-making: it eases the adoption of agreements to remove architectural barriers with lower majorities than in the rest of Spain. In fact, the Catalan legal text itself includes among the simple majority agreements the innovations required for habitability, accessibility, building safety, or energy or water efficiency according to their nature and characteristics, even if the agreement involves modifying the title of constitution and statutes. In practice, this means that many Catalan communities can approve ramps, elevators, or accessibility improvements with more achievable quorums than in the rest of the country.
Delinquency: Voting Rights and Claim Deadlines
Community of owners' delinquency remains, in any territory, one of the main obstacles to moving forward with agreements. The Catalan Civil Code is explicit on this point: for the calculation of majorities, the votes of present owners, representatives, and those who have delegated their vote are counted, and the votes of delinquent owners, who do not have the right to vote, are not counted. The debtor owner can attend and speak, but their shares are excluded from the majority count, which speeds up the approval of agreements in communities with defaults.
There are also relevant nuances in the claim deadlines. While in the territory of the state LPH community fees generally prescribe after five years, in Catalonia, the issue generates more debate among courts, with positions pointing to shorter terms for periodic payments. The practical recommendation, in any case, is not to let time pass: claiming as soon as possible avoids discussions about deadlines and strengthens the community's position.
How to Prepare as a Community Administrator or President
Review your community's statutes: if you want to hold telematic meetings with guarantees today, unanimity or their express inclusion in statutes remains the safest path.
Follow the parliamentary process before assuming that email or digital minutes already have full legal support in the state regime.
If your community is in Catalonia, keep in mind that you are governed by the Catalan Civil Code, with its own rules on majorities, accessibility, and delinquency, not the state LPH as a supplementary rule.
Regarding accessibility works, assess which majority really applies to your case before calling the meeting, to avoid the agreement falling due to a quorum flaw.
Document each agreement well: who votes, with what coefficient, and in what format, whether in person, hybrid, or telematic.
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