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Maricarmen โ Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose โ dramatic eviction last month sparked mass โ housing protests in Spain that ultimately led to an early election, has died, Madridโs tenantsโ union said on Wednesday, provoking an outpouring of grief and anger on the streets of the capital. Abascal had been in hospital since her eviction on โSeptember 23 from her home of more than 70 years, when police and social workers removed her by stretcher. Since then, protests have included activists camping...
Maricarmen โAbascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing โprotests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of โprotests โacross Spain in the past couple โ of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main โsquares, and calls for tackling a โ mounting housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
Spanish lawmakers are due to vote on Friday on two government housing decrees drawn up after an outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, with their passage in doubt. Several hundred people held raucous protests in Madrid and other Spanish cities ahead of the vote, with demonstrators rattling keys, blowing whistles, banging spoons against pots.
The real estate firm backs down and restores her old rent after mass protests over Spain's housing crisis.
Spainโs coalition government said it had agreed on proposals including banning evictions until 2030 to address the countryโs housing crisis, as the 87-year-old woman whose forced removal last week triggered protests accepted an offer to return home. Hundreds of โpeople remained camped in one of Madridโs main squares on Tuesday to protest Maricarmen Abascalโs removal from her home on a stretcher last Wednesday. They are demanding legal reforms including a rent freeze and the automatic renewal of...
The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, prompted large-scale protests across Spain.
Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection for tenants. Images of Maricarmen Abascal being carried from her Madrid flat on a stretcher on Wednesday after police broke down her door have thrust Spainโs housing crisis back into the spotlight ahead of a general election due in 2027. Protesters rattled keys, blew whistles, chanted slogans and held banners calling for...
The eviction of an 87-year-old from her Madrid home has highlighted a political paralysis that has thwarted efforts to resolve Spainโs chronic housing crisis, fuelling debate before next yearโs election. Maricarmen Abascalโs 70-year stay at her home in upmarket central Madrid ended on Wednesday when she left escorted on a stretcher, flanked by protesters on one side and police on the other โ a traumatic event broadcast live on TV. Unable to afford a 275-per cent increase to the monthly rent...
If someone was running a resort or a commercial complex or having a shopping mall there or having immoral or illegal activity there, we would have thrown them out, said the CJI