Elderly disabled woman evicted after 71 years allowed to return home following protests
The agreement lets her return under an eight-year lease with rent capped at 30% of her income, after protests drew hundreds to the square.
- On Tuesday, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal secured an eight-year rental agreement allowing her return to her Madrid apartment at approximately €500 monthly, her lawyer Beatriz Duro announced.
- The deal follows Abascal's court-ordered eviction on September 23 by investment fund Urbagestión, which removed the wheelchair user from her Retiro home after she had lived there for 70 years.
- Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday, with activists establishing a camp at Puerta del Sol demanding rent freezes and stronger tenant protections against speculative purchases.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's cabinet approved two emergency housing decrees on Tuesday, including an eviction ban until 2030 and tax incentives for affordable rentals.
- Parliament must ratify the decrees within 30 days, though the fragmented legislature poses an uphill battle; protesters maintain their encampment demanding broader legal reforms.
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The eviction of an 87-year-old tenant in Madrid has triggered massive protests in Spain. Now the government has decided two decrees for a stronger tenant protection. Among other things, eviction is to be suspended especially in need of protection by 2030. The Spanish press discusses whether the measures are sufficient to defuse the housing crisis.
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