“Madrid March Honors 87-Year-Old Evicted Pensioner Maricarmen Amid Spain Housing Crisis” — what this page in the network covers. Thousands are expected to march through central Madrid on Thursday evening to remember María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old pensioner whose eviction from her flat two weeks before her death ignited nationwide protests over Spain’s housing crisis. Known as Maricarmen, she became the public face of the crisis after an investment firm bought her apartment and sought to raise her rent by 230%. Her death in hospital on Wednesday night has deepened public anger over evictions and soaring rents.
The march is a direct response to her case, which highlighted the vulnerability of elderly tenants in a market increasingly dominated by speculative investment funds. Protesters argue that Maricarmen’s story is not isolated but emblematic of a broader failure to protect housing as a right rather than a commodity. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.