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Fact check: What's going on with Spain's 'Maricarmen' housing protests?

Spanish protests against the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen have led to misleading claims about Spain's housing activists and the wider rental crisis.

Euronews · 1h ago

Spain's government set to lose key vote in Parliament to ratify emergency housing measures

Spain’s government looks set to lose two key votes it needs to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis when Parliament convenes on Friday amid continued protests demanding that lawmakers act to help renters

The Independent UK · 3h ago

Spain’s housing crisis is a warning for all of Europe – rights mean nothing if they’re not enforced

When Maricarmen Abascal, a disabled 87 year-old, was evicted from the Madrid home where she had lived for 71 years, hundreds of people gathered outside in an attempt to prevent it. She was eventually forcibly removed from the building, and taken to hospital on a stretcher.

The Conversation · Oct 1

Spain announces plan to ease housing crisis amid outcry over eviction of 87-year-old

Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

Spain set to ban evictions after nationwide outrage over 87-year-old removed from home

Demonstrators remained camped in a major Madrid square to protest against the removal on a stretcher of Maricarmen Abascal

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Elderly disabled woman evicted after 71 years allowed to return home following protests

Hundreds had protested the eviction, which comes amid a housing crisis across the country

The Independent UK · Sep 29

‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis

An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

87-year-old Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked protests to return home

An 87-year-old Madrid pensioner whose eviction became a rallying point for Spain’s housing protests will be able to return home after reaching a deal with the property’s owners, her lawyer said Monday. The agreement comes as demonstrations across the country pile pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government to address…

France 24 · Sep 28

Madrid protesters vow to maintain pressure on Sánchez government against rising cost of housing

The demonstrators set up around 100 tents in the capital's busy Puerta del Sol square after tens of thousands took to the streets on Saturday to demand action to lower housing costs and protect tenants.

Euronews · Sep 28

Protesters camp in Madrid in demonstration against Spain' housing crisis

Around 150 tents now occupy Madrid's Puerta del Sol after Saturday's protest over 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction. Protesters, mobilised by the Tenants' Union, demand a housing decree on Tuesday: "Either rentierism falls or the government".

Euronews · Sep 27