Madrid Protests Enter Third Day After Pensioner Evicted
Tenants and activists demand stronger protections as 30,000 marched and hundreds camped in Puerta del Sol after the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal.
- On Monday, protesters entered their third day camped in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, demanding stronger tenant protections following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
- Tensions erupted last week after police removed Abascal on a stretcher from her Retiro home of seven decades, following an investment fund's eviction order that allowed just 30 minutes to leave.
- On Saturday, 30,000 people marched through Madrid to protest housing conditions, with marchers carrying banners declaring, "Speculators go home" and "Housing is for living."
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated Sunday the government plans a housing decree by Tuesday for immediate tenant relief, while regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso blamed Sanchez's government for eight years of housing inaction.
- The Tenants' Union is coordinating further protests across Spain as the unrest unfolds against a 750,000-home deficit and rents that have doubled over the past decade.
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Madrid protests enter third day after pensioner evicted
Protesters have begun a third day camped outside the administration of the Madrid region to object to the eviction of an octogenarian and demand stronger protection for tenants in the face of a lack of housing and soaring rents.
Madrid housing protests enter third day after pensioner’s eviction
MADRID, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Protesters on Monday began a third day camped outside the administration of the Madrid region to object to the eviction of an octogenarian and demand stronger protection for tenants in the face of a lack of housing and soar...
Maricarmen Abascal, 87 years old, released from the apartment where she lived for seven decades, asked the protesters who protested against the housing crisis in Spain. While some of them spent the second night encamped in the center of Madrid, the elderly woman sent a message from the hospital where she is hospitalized for health reasons. Crime in the United States: Old woman is found dead inside a suitcase taken to firehouse 'I never felt a he…
Madrid housing protests enter third day after pensioner's eviction
MADRID, Sept 28 - Protesters on Monday began a third day camped outside the administration of the Madrid region to object to the eviction of an octogenarian and demand stronger protection for tenants in the face of a lack of housing and soaring rents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The evicted old lady sent her third message from the hospital.
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