Housing
87-Year-Old Allowed to Return Home: Rent Reduced After Days of Protests
After days of protests, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal is permitted to return to her Madrid apartment following a negotiated agreement that reduces her rent. The investor owning the property agreed to freeze the rent for eight years at 30% of her pension, resolving a dispute where monthly costs had reportedly surged from 500 to 2650 euros. Her eviction sparked mass demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona, turning her into a symbol of Spain's housing crisis. While the new contract requires her consent, local authorities and her lawyer, Beatriz Duro, concluded she may resume living in the home she occupied for seventy years.
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