Madrid housing protests enter third day after pensioner's eviction
Protesters want stronger tenant protections and a housing decree after the eviction sparked outrage over soaring rents and investment fund buyouts.
- On Monday, protesters entered their third day camped in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, demanding stronger tenant protections following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
- Tensions erupted last week after police removed Abascal on a stretcher from her Retiro home of seven decades, following an investment fund's eviction order that allowed just 30 minutes to leave.
- On Saturday, 30,000 people marched through Madrid to protest housing conditions, with marchers carrying banners declaring, "Speculators go home" and "Housing is for living."
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated Sunday the government plans a housing decree by Tuesday for immediate tenant relief, while regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso blamed Sanchez's government for eight years of housing inaction.
- The Tenants' Union is coordinating further protests across Spain as the unrest unfolds against a 750,000-home deficit and rents that have doubled over the past decade.
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In Madrid, the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home of over 70 years has triggered widespread protests against the country's housing crisis. Tens of thousands took to the streets, with hundreds of protesters setting up tents in Puerta del Sol Square demanding stronger protection for tenants and measures against rising rents.
For two days hundreds of people have camped in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, for the right to the house after the eviction of the elderly woman became symbol of the struggle. On the decree house, which should be approved tomorrow, the government Sánchez plays the estate
On Madrid's central square, protesters have set up tents to enforce a new housing law. The eviction of an elderly woman was...
Large protests, with tent camps in a central square, are underway in Madrid after an 87-year-old woman was evicted.
His secretary general, Miguel Bernad, attributes to the Delegation a lack of action to put an end to the camping installed in the Puerta del Sol
On Saturday, September 26, the demonstration for the right to housing took place in Madrid, on the occasion of the eviction of Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman who lived on the Calle Mayor Sainz in Baranda in Madrid. After the protest, a camp was started to make night at Puerta del Sol and, on September 28, 2026, she is already on her third day.
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