Spain Approves 21 Urgent Housing Measures After Protests Ahead of Snap Election
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Spain Approves 21 Urgent Housing Measures after Protests Ahead of Snap Election
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government on Tuesday approved urgent measures to tackle the housing crisis, after violence erupted in Barcelona as tens of thousands took to the streets demanding a quick resolution. The angry protests followed nationwide demonstrations over the weekend. All were triggered by the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal from her Madrid home last month....
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Sánchez's coalition government does not have a parliamentary majority, and right-wing opposition parties have defeated emergency decrees with which the government intended to intervene in the housing market.
The immediate cause for people taking to the streets was the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal at the end of September. The wheelchair-bound woman was evicted from her apartment in central Madrid where she had lived for more than 70 years.
In Spain, Sanchez's decision to call early elections has not dampened popular anger, and protests sparked by the eviction of 87-year-old Mari-Carmen from her home in Madrid continue with unabated intensity across the country. The Council of Ministers has given the green light to two new decrees on housing, with the Spanish Prime Minister arguing that this is not an ideological issue, but a question of humanity.
La Moncloa, Madrid, Tuesday, October 6, 2026The initiatives seek to promote access to affordable rent and purchase, increase the supply of housing, provide stability to tenants and small owners, protect the most vulnerable people and combat speculation.Transcript of the press conference after the Council of Ministers Reference of the Council of Ministers
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