"Maricarmen," the face of Spain's housing crisis

The Spanish press is expressing its indignation after the eviction, on Wednesday, of an 87-year-old Madrid pensioner nicknamed "Maricarmen" from the home she had occupied for 70 years.

The case of this octogenarian has become, according to several titles in the Spanish press, a symbol of the housing crisis affecting the country, marked by rising rents and the multiplication of evictions in large cities.

This news comes at a time when other topics are also making the headlines on Thursday, September 24, including a meeting the day before between the President of the Spanish government Pedro Sánchez and the mayor of New York.

Details on the judicial or administrative consequences of Maricarmen's expulsion have not been specified at this stage.