Eviction of 87-Year-Old Woman Sparks Madrid Protests
The eviction followed an eight-year legal fight over a rent hike from 500 euros to 2,650 euros, and protesters gathered outside the building.
- On Wednesday, Madrid police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Retiro district apartment after a Supreme Court ruling, removing her on a stretcher as hundreds of protesters gathered outside her home of 71 years.
- Investment firm Urbagestión acquired the building in 2018 and challenged Maricarmen's regulated tenancy in the Supreme Court, which ruled in March favoring the company's demand to raise rent from €500 to €2,650, far exceeding her €1,350 monthly pension.
- Attorney Beatriz Duro, Maricarmen's lawyer, criticized the police deployment as "if this were a military operation," while protesters outside chanted "Maricarmen, you're not alone!" as officers forcibly cleared a path for court officials.
- Housing Minister Teresa Rodríguez called the eviction a "sad and dramatic day," blaming regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso for protecting corporate landlords; protesters chanted "Ayuso's penthouse for Maricarmen!" linking the case to her €6.3 million luxury property scandal.
- The incident underscores Spain's deepening housing crisis, where soaring rents leave vulnerable tenants exposed to displacement. Although Madrid City Council offered alternative accommodation, Maricarmen declined, choosing instead to move in with relatives after the eviction.
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87-Year-Old loses Madrid home after 70 Years
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Independent Journalism and Public Interest Reporting. An 87-year-old woman has been removed from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades, after a long-running dispute over a sharp increase in her rent became a national focus inSpain’s housing crisis. Maricarmen Abascal left the Retiro-area property on Wednesday after a court-authorised eviction was carried out QaAA@Afor the fourth [...] This article was originally pu…
THE Eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen from her Madrid apartment after 70 years has sparked mass protests across Spain. Her case has become a symbol of the fight for housing rights and the housing crisis.
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