Eviction of 87-Year-Old Sparks Protests in Madrid over Housing Crisis
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised on Sunday his government is working "against the clock" to bring a new housing decree before the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, urging parliamentary groups to make "one last effort" to approve it.
- Maricarmen, an 87-year-old pensioner, was evicted from her Retiro home of seven decades and recorded a video Saturday urging legislation to prevent others from experiencing "what has happened to me," igniting mass protests.
- Demonstrators set up around 100 tents in Madrid's Puerta del Sol after tens of thousands marched Saturday, drawing comparisons to the historic 15-M protests that occupied the square for 28 consecutive days in 2011.
- Socialist minister Félix Bolaños rejected Sumar's expropriation proposal for lacking a "clear fit" in the Constitution, while The Tenants' Union warned it will only accept an ambitious package, not a watered-down version.
- Even if the government approves the decree, there is no guarantee protesters will leave Puerta del Sol; solidarity gatherings have already emerged in Burgos, León, and Córdoba, signaling the movement's expansion.
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On Saturday, September 26, the demonstration for the right to housing took place in Madrid, on the occasion of the eviction of Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman who lived on the Calle Mayor Sainz in Baranda in Madrid. After the protest, a camp was started to make night at Puerta del Sol and, on September 28, 2026, she is already on her third day.
To protest against the eviction of an 87-year-old woman and to ask the government for urgent measures to combat the housing crisis
The eviction of Maricarmen has caused a social and political earthquake that has channeled the indignation over the housing crisis. Although the most
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The fate of a senior woman triggers mass protests against housing shortages and housing speculation. No issue worries the Spaniards anymore, because they can no longer afford their cities.
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