Protesters Vow To Maintain Pressure On Govt Over Madrid Housing Crisis
Around 100 tents were set up as activists pressed for tighter eviction rules and rental contract renewals, while parliament passage remains uncertain.
- Demonstrators camping in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square vowed Monday to keep up pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal urged them to "hold on."
- The movement was triggered on Wednesday by the police eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid apartment after a real estate firm raised rent by 275 percent to €2,650.
- Beatriz Blanco told AFP that average rental prices reached €15.10 per square metre in August, calling property prices across the country "completely insane."
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is due to present a new housing bill on Tuesday after visiting a social housing scheme in Barcelona on Monday afternoon.
- Miriam Bue, spokesperson for the Tenants Union, expects "nothing" from the Popular Party but hopes the government will adopt "open-ended rental contracts," warning, "Otherwise, we will step up our movement.
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Housing protesters vow to maintain pressure on Spain's government
Demonstrators camping in a central Madrid square vowed Monday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez over Spain's housing crisis, as the 87-year-old woman at the centre of the protest called on them to "hold on".
After two nights camped in the center of Madrid, the protestors against the housing crisis in Spain were on Monday determined to "continue to press" the government of the socialist Pedro Sánchez, to whom they demand a new, more protective law in the face of skyrocketing prices.
"The housing problem will not be solved by a decree that does not address the main problem: speculation," said Pablo Fernández.
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