Dramatic Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Tenant Spotlights Spain’s Housing Crisis
Hundreds protested as the owner raised her rent from €500 to €1,650, a level her €1,350 pension could not cover.
- On Wednesday, Police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid home of seven decades, removing her on a stretcher as supporters chanted "Maricarmen, you're not alone!"
- The investment firm Urbagestion raised rent on the Retiro property to €1,650, exceeding Maricarmen's €1,350 monthly pension and triggering the eviction after three earlier court blocks.
- Hundreds of protesters, including celebrities Carlos and Ana, rallied with Sindicato activists overnight; Police forcibly removed demonstrators blocking the building entrance on Wednesday morning.
- Housing Minister Teresa Rodríguez denounced "unbridled speculation," while activists outside shouted "Ayuso's penthouse for Maricarmen!" linking the eviction to a scandal involving regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso.
- Spain remains divided over housing policy as Madrid rentals have increased by more than 100% over the last decade; the national government pushes tenant protections while the Madrid regional government favors market-oriented approaches.
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Dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Madrid tenant spotlights Spain’s housing crisis
By Corina Pons MADRID, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Police evicted an 87-year-old woman on Wednesday from her Madrid home of more than seven decades despite hundreds of people protesting outside and the government criticising the eviction order, in a dramatic ...
Frattata at 87, with 50% of disability recognized, from a house in which he lived for 70 years and despite a picket protest from over 400 protesters. It is the story of Maricarmen, a Spanish elderly woman resident in Madrid who for eight years struggled to stay in his house; Urbanistión SL, the owner of the property, [...] L'articolo Disabile evictata a 87 years after 70 years in the same house: to take away used 50 agents comes from Il Fatto Qu…
Dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Madrid tenant spotlights Spain's housing crisis
MADRID, Sept 23 - Police evicted an 87-year-old woman on Wednesday from her Madrid home of more than seven decades despite hundreds of people protesting outside and the government criticising the eviction order, in a dramatic new flashpoint of Spain's housing crisis. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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