Madrid housing protests enter third day after pensioner's eviction
The government is preparing a housing decree as protesters demand stronger tenant protections and a ban on evictions without alternative housing.
- On Monday, protesters entered their third day camped in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, demanding stronger tenant protections following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
- Tensions erupted last week after police removed Abascal on a stretcher from her Retiro home of seven decades, following an investment fund's eviction order that allowed just 30 minutes to leave.
- On Saturday, 30,000 people marched through Madrid to protest housing conditions, with marchers carrying banners declaring, "Speculators go home" and "Housing is for living."
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated Sunday the government plans a housing decree by Tuesday for immediate tenant relief, while regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso blamed Sanchez's government for eight years of housing inaction.
- The Tenants' Union is coordinating further protests across Spain as the unrest unfolds against a 750,000-home deficit and rents that have doubled over the past decade.
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For two days hundreds of people have camped in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, for the right to the house after the eviction of the elderly woman became symbol of the struggle. On the decree house, which should be approved tomorrow, the government Sánchez plays the estate
On Madrid's central square, protesters have set up tents to enforce a new housing law. The eviction of an elderly woman was...
Large protests, with tent camps in a central square, are underway in Madrid after an 87-year-old woman was evicted.
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.
Madrid protests enter third day after pensioner evicted
Protesters have begun a third day camped outside the administration of the Madrid region to object to the eviction of an octogenarian and demand stronger protection for tenants in the face of a lack of housing and soaring rents.
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