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Elderly disabled woman evicted after 71 years allowed to return home following protests
- On Tuesday, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal secured an eight-year rental agreement allowing her return to her Madrid apartment at approximately €500 monthly, her lawyer Beatriz Duro announced.
- The deal follows Abascal's court-ordered eviction on September 23 by investment fund Urbagestión, which removed the wheelchair user from her Retiro home after she had lived there for 70 years.
- Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday, with activists establishing a camp at Puerta del Sol demanding rent freezes and stronger tenant protections against speculative purchases.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's cabinet approved two emergency housing decrees on Tuesday, including an eviction ban until 2030 and tax incentives for affordable rentals.
- Parliament must ratify the decrees within 30 days, though the fragmented legislature poses an uphill battle; protesters maintain their encampment demanding broader legal reforms.
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The 87-year-old woman at the center of the most media eviction case in Spain in recent years will return home, her lawyer said.
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