Spain: 87-Year-Old Woman Evicted From Home by Force
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In Madrid, the capital of Spain, 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal was evicted from the home she had lived in for nearly 68 years. Abascal, known as Maricarmen, was removed from her apartment in the Retiro district on the fourth attempt at eviction. The eviction was facilitated by the Madrid Tenants' Union and the United Nations.
The 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from an apartment in Madrid, where she lived for 71 years.
Dozens of activists tried to prevent on Wednesday the expulsion of Maricarmen, removed from the apartment she has occupied for 70 years in the center of Madrid, after it was bought by a real estate agency.
Maricarmen had resided for 70 years in the upper part of Retiro, in the city centre, near the park of the same name, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has always paid his rent, according to his supporters. She had engaged for years in a legal battle against a real estate agency that had acquired her apartment and increased the monthly rent by 275%, bringing it to 2,650 euros, according to the union of tenants of Madrid. The case wa…
In 2018, the apartment the woman rented was purchased by an investment fund, and the rent rose explosively.
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