Video. Watch: Mass Madrid Protests over Maricarmen Eviction and Housing Crisis
The rally followed an eviction that raised rent 275%, as protesters pressed for automatic lease renewals and tighter limits on removals.
- Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday rattling keys and blowing whistles, with the Madrid Tenants Union reporting more than 300,000 participants demanding measures to curb rising housing costs.
- Public outrage surged after police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday from her home of 70 years, after a real-estate firm raised her rent 275 percent to 2,650 euros .
- Protester Enrique Ortega de Miguel, a 38-year-old graphic designer, described Spain's housing market as "impossible," noting "It is a struggle to find a place you can afford, then you live in fear of being forced out."
- After the rally, activists established a protest camp at Puerta del Sol, with tents growing to about 150 by early Sunday as protester Maria Juarez declared, "It's time to change the rules of the game."
- The Spanish government plans to approve the "Maricarmen decree" at its next Cabinet meeting, including automatic rental renewals and eviction restrictions, though Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez lacks a parliamentary majority to ensure passage.
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Video. Watch: mass Madrid protests over Maricarmen eviction and housing crisis
Video. Protesters in Madrid have spent a second night camping in Puerta del Sol, turning the capital’s main square into a makeshift housing protest camp after the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal, widely known as “Maricarmen”.
The spontaneous camping called by the Sindicato de Inquilinas has gained strength on its first day standing with profiles of all ages that refuse to disassemble their tents until “measures are taken to stop cities from being a zoo”
The Sindicato de Inquilinas e Inquilinos de Madrid raises tents in the central Puerta del Sol as a measure of pressure against the central government to approve the "Decreto Mari Carmen", which seeks to establish indefinite rental contracts, freeze rent prices and impose a moratorium on evictions. The protest broke out after the eviction of an octogenarian, which has become a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain.
In Spain, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal has become a symbol of the housing crisis, and the mobilizations following his expulsion from his Madrid home succeed each other. Since Saturday 26 September in the evening, demonstrators occupy a place in the capital.
The housing crisis being faced in Spain has driven protesters into the streets, with several camped out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.
In 500 camps at Puerta del Sol in the name of Maricarmen, the old symbol of the protest (ANSA)
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