Thousands march in Madrid to protest Spain’s housing crisis after eviction of 87-year-old woman
Protesters demanded stronger tenant protections and a ban on evictions without alternative housing, as Spain faces a shortage of about 550,000 homes.
- Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal earlier this week, demanding greater protections for tenants facing displacement.
- Maricarmen Abascal was forced from her home of 70 years after a real estate firm raised rent by 275 per cent to €2,650, exemplifying Spain's acute housing shortage of 700,000 homes.
- Protester Enrique Ortega, a 38-year-old graphic designer, called the market "impossible," while engineer Irene Lopez said the situation "has become unsustainable." Government authorities estimated turnout at around 25,000; organizers claimed 300,000 participated.
- Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who pledged to make housing a priority last year, faces mounting pressure; the government expects to approve the "Maricarmen decree" with automatic contract renewals and eviction restrictions.
- With a general election due in 2027, political parties face increased pressure to act on housing; however, it remains unclear whether the government can pass the decree without a parliamentary majority.
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After 70 years, a retired woman has to leave her home in Madrid against her will. The case triggers a mass demonstration.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid to protest Spain's housing crisis after an 87-year-old woman was evicted from the apartment she had lived in for decades, in a case that has become a symbol of the country's worsening housing problems, Sky News reported.
The eviction of an 87-year-old woman after 70 years on a lease is one of the most striking recent examples of the housing crisis. Thousands of people took to the streets in protest and solidarity, and to demand greater protection for tenants.
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The occupation of a square in the centre of Madrid extends this Sunday, following a demonstration in which thousands of people denounced the expulsion of a 87-year-old woman.
On Saturday 26 September in Madrid, thousands of people denounced the expulsion of a 87-year-old woman from the house where she had always lived. Once the demonstration was over, a camp was set up "spontanously". - "We can't anymore": protesters camp in Madrid for the right to housing after the expulsion of an octagenary (International).
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