Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says
- On Tuesday, the Madrid Tenants' Union announced that 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal had died following her forced eviction from her Madrid home in September. The union called her case "a turning point in the history of this country."
- Abascal had lived in Madrid's Retiro district for more than 70 years before her eviction on September 23. Her rent surged from $560 to $2,970, forcing her removal from the apartment.
- Hospitalized since her eviction, Abascal remained unable to finalize a return agreement the property fund eventually offered at a lower rate. She died before the arrangement could be completed.
- Her plight sparked nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis, pressuring the government. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez consequently decided on Monday to call an early general election following mass demonstrations.
- Abascal became a symbol for Spain's housing crisis, her case representing the broader struggle over rental regulations and tenant protections. The Madrid Tenants' Union continues demanding systemic policy changes nationwide.
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In Spain, senior Maricarmen Abascal, who has been expelled from her apartment, died.
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayMadrid pensioner whose eviction sparked Spain housing protests dies at 87
MADRID, Oct 8 — An 87-year-old Madrid woman whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain’s chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early...
Maricarmen Abascal, a woman whose legal eviction from her apartment became a symbol of the fight for tenant protection in Spain and sparked protests across the country, died in Madrid on Wednesday at the age of 87. The death was reported by the local newspaper El País, which said the death was reported by the Tenants' Association, which has been organizing demonstrations in Madrid since September and has spread to other Spanish cities.
At the end of September, Maricarmen Abascal is thrown out of her apartment in Madrid, where the senior lands in a hospital.
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The fate of the 87-year-old Spanish woman became the trigger and symbol of the struggle for affordable housing. Now she becomes a martyr.
The fate of the 87-year-old Spanish woman became the trigger and symbol of the struggle for affordable housing. Now she becomes a martyr.
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