Domestic
'Symbol of the Housing Crisis': 87-Year-Old Woman Evicted from Madrid Home After Seventy Years
Maricarmen, an 87-year-old woman who had lived in her Madrid apartment since 1956, was forcibly evicted after property company Urbagestión won a court case declaring her lease transfer invalid. Despite protests involving hundreds of people and offers to cover rent increases, she was removed on a stretcher following police intervention with tear gas. The eviction highlights Spain’s housing crisis, where rents have surged significantly, leading to thousands of evictions nationwide this year.
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