Madrid housing protests enter third day after pensioner's eviction
More than 600 demonstrators are camping outside Madrid’s regional government headquarters, pressing for stronger tenant protections and a ban on evictions without alternative housing.
- 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, 28 Sep (EFE).- To the hundreds of camped in the central Puerta del Sol of Madrid in protest of the housing situation in Spain were added on Monday protests in other Spanish cities, waiting for tomorrow the Council of Ministers to approve a decree on housing that still does not have [...] The entrance The camping for housing in Spain continues expectant that the government will take action was first published in HolaNews.
Hundreds of people spent the night in the square after a protest motivated by the eviction of Maricarmen, a 87-year-old woman who was evicted
Elderly woman’s eviction sets off huge public outcry in Madrid
Dozens of housing protesters remain camped out in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square following a massive weekend march demanding government action on Spain’s housing crisis. The demonstrations were sparked by the controversial September 23 eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home of 70 years. Organizers are pushing for structural changes, including a freeze on...
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