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Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman evicted from her home in Madrid last month, died on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, prompting large protests and a nationwide general strike over housing issues planned for November 11. Her eviction had sparked widespread demonstrations against the housing crisis in Spain, including rising rents and a shortage of homes. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early election scheduled for November 29 to address these issues amid growing public discontent.
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Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish pensioner whose eviction from her Madrid apartment sparked nationwide protests over the country's housing crisis, has died, according to Madrid's tenants' union on October 7, 2026. Her forced removal from the home she had lived in for over seven decades led to a surge of demonstrations across Spain, including activists camping out at one of Madrid's main squares. The eviction occurred after an investment firm purchased her apartment and demanded a rent increase by 230%, which Abascal could not afford. Despite initial offers to allow her to return home under more favorable terms, she was hospitalized and passed away shortly thereafter.
The housing crisis in Spain intensified following the rejection of proposed legislation aimed at curbing evictions and limiting rent pressures by parliament earlier in September. This legislative defeat further fueled public outrage and led Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to announce early elections for November 29, shifting political focus towards addressing the growing discontent about rising rents and housing shortages. Protesters in Madrid have expressed their grief through demonstrations and a general strike over housing issues scheduled for November 11.
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Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests in Spain that ultimately led to an early election, has died, Madrid’s tenants’ union said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), provoking an outpouring of grief and anger on the streets of the capital.
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Ms. Abascal had been in hospital since her eviction on September 23 from her home of more than 70 years, when police and social workers removed her by stretcher.
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police → remove → stretcher
Since then, protests have included activists camping out on one of Madrid’s main squares and calls for action over a mounting housing crisis including a shortage of homes and surging rents.
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protests → include → homes
Following the news of Ms. Abascal’s death, thousands marched from the square, Puerta del Sol, towards parliament, chanting: “This is not a death.
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It’s a murder!”
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A cause of death was not announced.
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Trade unions on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) announced there will be a nationwide general strike over housing issues on November 11.
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The protests, along with parliament’s rejection last week of decrees aimed at curbing evictions and limiting rent pressures, prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call an early election for November 29.
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protests → aim → November
Mr. Sanchez is seeking to shift the political narrative from his government’s handling of a migrant crisis in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and a series of corruption cases involving his Socialist Party and his family to the housing crisis, an area in which he can harness growing resentment about rising rents.
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“Now, following her passing, we are left with the example of the fight she waged and the legacy Maricarmen has left behind.
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And, above all, we will honor what she always asked of us: ‘Fight, keep fighting for what is yours,’” the tenants’ union said in a statement.
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Mr. Sanchez posted on X, lamenting Ms. Abascal’s death.
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“A hug as well to all of us who feel this loss as our own today,” he wrote.
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Angel Victor Torres, Spain’s territorial policy minister, said Abascal had become a symbol of what was happening to many families as elderly and young people struggled to obtain their own homes or stay in them.
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