87-year-old woman evicted from Madrid flat after rent increase

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 24 Sept, 22:44 · Archive

An 87-year-old tenant was evicted from her Madrid home after an investment firm raised her rent.

Maricarmen, aged 87, was evicted from her flat in the Retiro area of central Madrid where she had lived for 71 years. She was unable to pay the rent after it was increased by an investment firm that recently bought the building. The Daily Mail reports the rent was raised by 275 per cent. She was carried from the building on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance.

How it is being reported

• Spain's housing crisis in focus after eviction of 87-year-old womanBBC 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%Daily Mail · 24 Sept, 16:27
• Dramatic eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortageBBC News · 23 Sept, 13:31

In this story: Maricarmen Abascal · Madrid · Retiro

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