Thousands march in Madrid to protest Spain’s housing crisis after eviction of 87-year-old woman
- On Saturday, September 26, 2026, thousands of demonstrators marched through Madrid to protest the housing crisis, subsequently pitching around 150 tents in Puerta del Sol plaza demanding stronger tenant protections and an eviction ban.
- Public outrage follows the dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday, September 23, 2026; investment fund Urbagestión acquired her building in 2018, raising rent from 500 euros to 2,650 euros she could not afford.
- Bank of Spain estimates a shortage of about 550,000 homes, while public rental housing represents less than 2% of available supply, well below the 8% European Union average, exacerbating affordability pressures.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government plans to approve the 'Maricarmen decree' at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, introducing automatic rental contract renewals and stricter eviction limits, though passage in parliament remains uncertain.
- Madrid Tenants' Union spokesperson Alicia del Río described the mobilization as a 'point of no return' for Spain's housing struggle as protesters maintain the encampment amid mounting pressure ahead of the 2027 general election.
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87-year-old’s eviction sparks encampment in Madrid plaza to protest housing crisis
Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman spent the night camped in Madrid’s historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more people — including multigenerational families — joined them Sunday.
The crisis in Spain's housing has taken on a spectacular turn, with protesters occupying a market in Madrid from Saturday evening to demand increased protection for tenants, after the evacuation, Wednesday, of an 80-year-old woman, an event that has stirred up emotion throughout the country, France Presse transmits. "We are all Maricarmen, "No other Maricarmen: ...
Madrid. Under the “Maricarmen, not one more”, in reference to the octogenarian Maricarmen Abascal, which had been its 70th home, years after being acquired by a vulture fund, tens of thousands of people traveled in the center of Madrid with shouts against the right-wing governments of the Community of Madrid and the city council, but also to demand that the Spanish government, presided over by the socialist Pedro Sánchez, take urgent measures to…
In response to his expulsion by the authorities, thousands of people marched to Madrid and camped in the Puerta del Sol Square.
Protesters have been occupying a square in Madrid since Saturday night to demand better housing conditions, after the expulsion of an octogenarian on Wednesday that has sparked the havoc throughout the countryThe housing crisis in Spain has taken a spectacular turn, with the occupation since Saturday night by protestors of a square in Madrid to demand better protections for tenants. "We are all Maricarmen", "More than one Maricarmen": on the Pue…
Some hundreds of people spent the last night camping in tents in the central Puerta del Sol in Madrid, at the end of the demonstration to protest against the eviction of Maricarmen, the invalid "87-year-old" removed from his home in the Retiro district after 71 years, became a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain, and demand approval in the next [...] L'articolo Hundreds of protesters camped in Puerta del Sol for the right to the house: the pro…
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