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Spain’s Housing Crisis Sparks Protests and Political Turmoil

6 clusters · 23-09-2026 → 03-10-2026
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  1. 23-09-2026
    Madrid Eviction Exposes Spain’s Housing Crisis
    3 articles
    The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than 70 years has become a high-profile symbol of Spain’s housing crisis. After an investment firm acquired the property in 2018, her rent reportedly rose from €500 to as much as…
  2. 26-09-2026
    Maricarmen’s Eviction Sparks Spain Housing Protests
    4 articles
    The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for 70 years has become a rallying point in Spain’s housing crisis. After police broke down her door, images of her being carried out on a stretcher spread widely and helped draw tens of …
  3. 27-09-2026
    Maricarmen’s Eviction Ignites Spain’s Housing Protests
    9 articles
    The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen “Maricarmen” Abascal from her Madrid apartment after roughly seven decades there has become a rallying point for anger over Spain’s housing crisis. Her family had rented the Retiro home since 1956; after a change of ownership, the Madr…
  4. 29-09-2026
    Abascal Eviction Fuels Spain’s Housing Reform Push
    7 articles
    The forced eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her long-term Madrid home became a rallying point in Spain’s housing crisis, prompting large demonstrations and intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s minority coalition. Abascal’s lawyer says an agreemen…
  5. 02-10-2026
    Spain’s Housing Vote Deepens Political Crisis
    8 articles
    Spain’s Congress rejected two emergency housing decrees from Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s minority government, dealing a major setback to its efforts to address soaring rents and tenant insecurity. The measures included protections against evicting vulnerable tenants, extension…
  6. 03-10-2026
    Spain’s Housing Crisis Fuels Nationwide Protests
    5 articles
    Spain’s worsening housing affordability crisis has triggered demonstrations in more than 50 cities after parliament rejected Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s proposed tenant-protection measures. Public anger intensified after 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her Madr…