Spain Tenants' Unions Urge New Law After Pensioner Eviction Sparks Anger
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Spain tenants' unions urge new law after pensioner eviction sparks anger
Spain's main tenants' unions on Friday urged the government to pass a new law to tackle the country's housing crisis after an 87-year-old was evicted from her Madrid home, sparking nationwide protests.
The protest gathered tens of thousands of people.
The main landlords' association in Spain has called on the government to tackle the housing crisis the country is facing with legislation. Protests broke out across the country this week after 87-year-old wife Maricarmen Abascal was forced out of her apartment in central Madrid because of old-age rent. Eight years ago, the housing association bought the house the apartment was in, tore up the rent it previously had by finding loopholes in the la…
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noticiasdealava.eus“The housing emergency is not a slogan,” says Denis Itxaso, who acknowledges that the situation is serious, as the wave of social outrage caused by the eviction of the elderly woman shows.
The Spanish tenants' association called on the government and opposition parties today to "rise to the occasion" and vote on a new law, despite the absence of a parliamentary majority, in order to stop the housing crisis affecting the country.
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