Madrid eviction of 87-year-old sharpens debate over Spain’s housing crisis
The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid home has renewed debate over Spain’s unresolved housing crisis, according to the South China Morning Post. After living there for 70 years, she left on a stretcher as protesters and police surrounded her, following a reported 275 per cent rent increase.
The eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home has brought renewed attention to Spain’s long-running housing crisis, the South China Morning Post reported. Maricarmen Abascal had lived in the central Madrid property for 70 years. She left on Wednesday on a stretcher, accompanied by protesters on one side and police on the other.
The event was broadcast live on television. The report says Abascal could not afford a 275 per cent increase in her monthly rent. Her eviction has become a focus of debate over what the source describes as political paralysis that has obstructed attempts to address the housing problem.
The episode is also fuelling discussion ahead of next year’s election, according to the report. The supplied material does not provide details of the landlord, the legal proceedings or the government’s response.
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