Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis
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A popular revolt against Spain's impossible housing market is simmering — with an elderly woman as the “spiritual leader”. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promises lightning intervention, but the question is whether it is already too late.
According to the Central Bank, Spain has a housing deficit of 750,000 homes, which could continue to grow, while some 120,000 residences are built each year, barely one sixth of what was built before the 2008 financial crisis. Protesters demand measures from the Pedro Sánchez government to prevent cases such as the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the apartment he occupied more than 70 years ago.
PROTESTS intensified last week after police carried 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on a stretcher from her Madrid apartment, where she had lived for more than seven decades.
Thousands of Spaniards are demonstrating for Maricarmen Abascal and for stronger protections for tenants. At the same time, the government is rushing to propose new housing regulations.
In Madrid, in Puerta del Sol square, demonstrators have been camped out since Saturday night protesting the housing crisis affecting Spain.
Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis
The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal Martín in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain’s rising cost of living and sparked nationwide protests against corporate greed and wealth inequality. Over 600 protesters are now camped outside Madrid’s regional government headquarters demanding new tenant protections. “What we have is a lot of furious people…
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