Spain evicts 87-year-old tenant after investment firm raises rent
Summarised from 3 outlets · 5 reports · Updated 25 Sept, 12:38 · Archive
An 87-year-old woman was evicted from her Madrid flat after an investment firm significantly increased her rent.
Maricarmen was evicted from her flat in Madrid's Retiro area after an investment firm raised her rent substantially. The BBC reports the rent increase was 275 per cent. She was removed on a stretcher as demonstrators gathered outside chanting in her support. The eviction has drawn attention to Spain's housing shortage.
How it is being reported
- Elderly woman, 89, evicted from Madrid home after several decades as protesters clash with policeSupporters outside her home chanted ‘Maricarmen, you're not alone!’ and ‘Murderers!’Independent World · 25 Sept, 12:15
- Moment Spanish riot cops smash their way through barricaded door of 87-year-old woman's flat to evict her after investment brothers hiked her rent 275% in case that sparked riotsMaricarmen was forcibly evicted from home of 70 years on Wednesday after an investment firm hiked her rent by 275 per cent sparking furious riots across Spain.Daily Mail · 25 Sept, 11:19
- Spain's housing crisis in focus after eviction of 87-year-old womanThe tenant of the flat in the Retiro area of central Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay her rent set after it was increased by an investment firm.BBC News · 24 Sept, 17:45
- Fury as Spain sends in riot cops to evict disabled 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home of 71 years after investment firm hiked rent by 275%Maricarmen Abascal was carried from the building on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance as demonstrators chanted: 'Maricarmen, you are not alone.'Daily Mail · 24 Sept, 16:27
- Dramatic eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortageThe tenant of the flat in Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the firm which recently bought it.BBC News · 23 Sept, 13:31
In this story: Maricarmen · Madrid · Retiro
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