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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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 87-year-old woman, expelled from her home in Madrid by a real estate company that had greatly increased her rent, died. Her expulsion had triggered monster demonstrations throughout Spain...
Spanish woman, 87, dies after eviction that sparked mass protests
Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests that led to an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants’ union said on Wednesday, as thousands demonstrated over her death. Abascal had been in hospital for severe anxiety and exhaustion since her eviction on September 23 from her home […]
The 87-year-old woman lost her home after seventy years. Her eviction sparked a nationwide wave of protests, but a settlement was eventually reached in her case.
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