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New housing regulations introduce new measures on civil, administrative, tax and litigation law matters that restrict the exercise of the powers on housing exclusively attributed to the Spanish autonomous regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The judicial moderation of the penal clause agreed between the parties to the lease agreements in case of unilateral withdrawal of the tenant prior to the expiration of the mandatory period has been widely debated by the Courts and the doctrine. The present work tries to clarify, in light of the last related case-law of the Supreme Court, the different scenarios for the landlord in case of a unilateral withdrawal depending on whether a penal clause was agreed or not and, if it was not agreed, on whether the reaction of the landlord is to terminate the agreement or to request specific performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]