Elderly disabled woman evicted after 71 years allowed to return home following protests
Her lawyer said the landlord’s offer would let her return under a new eight-year lease at a similar rent after nationwide protests.
- On Monday, September 28, 2026, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal reached an agreement with investment firm Urbagestión to return to her Retiro apartment under a new eight-year lease, following mediation by Madrid's municipal housing company, EMVS Madrid.
- The reversal follows Abascal's forceful September 23 eviction, which sparked nationwide protests across Spain as video of police removing the long-term tenant on a stretcher circulated widely.
- Crediting "the social mobilisation," lawyer Beatriz Duro stated the new rent will be "similar to what she had been paying," though the agreement remains pending Abascal's signature as she recovers.
- Protesters continue camping at Madrid's Puerta del Sol square, with the Tenants' Union warning that demonstrations will persist to demand stronger tenant protections against the ongoing housing shortage.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking parliamentary backing for new housing relief measures to address the crisis, though his coalition government lacks a majority. Ministers approved proposals on Tuesday aiming to curb soaring rents.
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The Spanish government announced on Tuesday the suspension of evictions from homes until 2030 and the automatic renewal of rental contracts, in an attempt to limit the crisis of housing facing Spain, in full social contest.
The eviction of Maricarmen, the 87-year-old symbol of the protests against the housing crisis and evictions, has moved something not only in the hearts of the hundreds of protesters who have gone down the street for her, but also to the high levels of the government. The decree approved this morning by the parties of the Spanish government provides protection against the [...] The article In Spain no more evictions until 2030: approved the Maric…
The representatives of the "87-year-old" and "Urbagestión" have reached an agreement that will allow her to return to the house where she lived for over 70 years and from which she had been evicted. The protests of the collectives for the right to the house however will continue
As part of these measures, the government also intends to implement the "prohibition of the purchase of housing by vulture funds," according to the Minister of Health.
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