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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

Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight

Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Maricarmen Vs The ‘Vultures’: A “social tragedy” mobilising Spaniards

Protests are ongoing in Madrid right now, with many demonstrators holding signs and banners that read “Maricarmen vs the Vultures”. “Maricarmen, you are not alone.” Or “Ni una Maricarmen más.” Not one more Maricarmen.

France 24 · Sep 26

Thousands march in Madrid to protest eviction of 87-year-old woman

The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday sparked a thousands-strong protest in Madrid Saturday, with demonstrators demanding greater tenant protection. Widespread anger at rising housing costs have put pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government, which is expected to approve pro-tenant measures in its next cabinet meeting.

France 24 · Sep 26

Protests erupt in Granada after eviction of 87-year-old woman in Madrid

Protesters gathered in Granada in support of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal after she was evicted from her Madrid apartment.

Euronews · Sep 25