Spanish Housing Protests Spread as Government Prepares Its Response – WTOP News
Hundreds camp in Puerta del Sol as the government weighs a decree with eviction protections, rent controls and limits on speculative home purchases.
- On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters camped in Puerta del Sol await the Council of Ministers' vote on urgent housing measures to address Spain's escalating affordability crisis.
- Nationwide outrage erupted after 87-year-old Carmen Abascal was carried out on a stretcher from her home of seven decades when she could not afford mounting rent increases.
- Investment fund Urbagesti raised Abascal's rent to €2,650 euros monthly; lawyer Beatriz Duro noted a proposal could cap rent at 30% of income, matching her previous €500 payment.
- Prime Minister Pedro faces internal friction as coalition partner Sumar has not ruled out a sit-in if the decree fails to meet demands; union spokesperson Fina Parra demands measures that "stop the eviction hemorrhage."
- Protests have spread to cities including Seville and Palma, drawing international attention to systemic housing shortages; Pope Leo XIV, asked about the crisis Monday, urged political leaders to find solutions addressing root causes.
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Spanish housing protests spread as government prepares its response – WTOP News
MADRID (AP) — Housing protesters camped out in Madrid’s most iconic square awoke from their third night in the open to await details from the Spanish government on what it’s doing to tackle a crisis that has brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets in recent days. The protests and the encampment in...
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Spanish housing protests spread as government prepares its response
MADRID (AP) — Housing protesters camped out in Madrid's most iconic square awoke from their third night in the open to await details from the Spanish government on what it's doing to tackle a crisis that has brought tens of…
Activists continued to protest for a fourth day in Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square on Tuesday, demanding measures from the coalition government to tackle Spain's housing crisis. Hundreds of people have set up tents in Madrid, on the fourth day...
Hundreds of activists are still camped in Puerta del Sol Square in central Madrid on Tuesday for the fourth consecutive day, waiting for measures from the Spanish Government to be adopted to respond to the housing crisis. Government parties have already reached an agreement to adopt two decree-laws and the measures should be voted on this Friday at an extraordinary session of Congress.
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Activists protesting against the housing crisis have started camping in central squares in several Spanish cities to join the mobilization in the Puerta del Sol Madrid that began last Saturday.
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