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On September 26, thousands of people marched through Madrid to protest against the forced eviction of an 87-year-old woman named Maricarmen Abascal from her lifelong home. The protest highlighted Spain's housing crisis and called for measures to reduce rental costs and make evictions harder. Abascal was evicted after a real estate firm acquired her property and raised the rent by 275% to €2,650 per month; she has since become a symbol of the struggle against high rents and forced evictions in Spain. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is facing pressure to approve new housing regulations but must navigate parliamentary approval challenges due to his lack of majority support.
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Story summary
In Madrid, Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman who had lived in her apartment for over seven decades, was forcibly evicted on Wednesday by riot police. The eviction followed a sharp rent increase of 275% by the investment firm Urbagestión after the building changed ownership in 2018. Despite protesters barricading the door with furniture to delay the eviction and hundreds gathering outside to protest, police used force to enter her home and removed Maricarmen on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Maricarmen’s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, criticized the authorities for not providing alternative housing or protective measures for tenants. The case highlights Spain's growing housing crisis, with soaring rents, gentrification, and a shortage of affordable homes leading to public outrage. Following the eviction, thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday demanding anti-fraud rules, tenant protections, and bans on evictions without guaranteed alternatives. Protests also occurred in 16 other cities, underscoring widespread concern over housing conditions across Spain.
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Thousands march in Spain’s Madrid over forced eviction of 87-year-old woman
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Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Sept 26 to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection for tenants.
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Images of Maricarmen Abascal being carried from her Madrid flat on a stretcher on Sept 23 after police broke down her door have thrust Spain’s housing crisis back into the spotlight ahead of a general election due in 2027.
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Protesters chanted slogans and held banners calling for measures to curb rising housing costs and make evictions more difficult as they marched through central Madrid.
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“You could be the next Maricarmen,” read one banner.
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Abascal, who has become a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis, urged Spaniards to join the fight in a video message posted online just hours before the protest.
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“I want what has happened to me to serve so that it does not happen to other people,” she said from hospital, where she has been treated for exhaustion since her eviction.
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“I want it to encourage people to fight and to help change the laws that have allowed me to be evicted,” she added in the video, posted by Spain’s main tenants’ union.
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Abascal was forced to leave the apartment where she had lived for 70 years after a real estate firm acquired the property and raised the rent by 275 per cent to €2,650 (S$3,850), according to the union.
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Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who in 2025 pledged to make housing a government priority, is under growing pressure to act.
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His government is expected to approve a package of measures dubbed the “Maricarmen decree” at its next Cabinet meeting, including the automatic renewal of rental contracts and further restrictions on evictions.
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But it is unclear whether the package will be approved by parliament, where Sanchez’s government lacks a majority.
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While a similar Bill was defeated earlier this year, Abascal’s case has increased pressure on political parties to act.
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