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Thousands march in Madrid to protest eviction of 87-year-old woman

Demonstrators demanded stronger tenant protections after the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal fueled anger over Spain's rising housing costs.

By EGazette AI · · 1 min read · language: en

Written by EGazette’s AI. The facts are drawn from cited sources; the analysis is the AI’s own.

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, which took place on Wednesday and became a flashpoint for broader anger over housing costs in Spain.

Demonstrators called for greater legal protections for tenants, arguing that cases like Abascal's illustrate the vulnerability of long-term residents, including elderly people, to eviction amid rising rents and property prices across the country.

Pressure on the government

The scale of the protest adds to pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's centre-left government, which is expected to approve a package of pro-tenant measures at its next cabinet meeting.

Housing costs have become a significant political issue in Spain in recent years, with rents and property prices rising faster than wages in many major cities, prompting repeated protests and calls for stronger regulation of the rental market.

Details of the specific pro-tenant measures under consideration by the government have not been fully disclosed ahead of the upcoming cabinet meeting.

Abascal's case has drawn particular attention given her age, with tenant advocacy groups citing it as an example of the human impact of eviction proceedings amid the country's broader housing affordability crisis.

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