Grief and anger in Spain after death of evicted 87-year-old
08/10/2026-19:36 08/10/2026-19:45 חדשות Channel Guardian News דיווח
“I haven’t been able to defend my home, but I have fought so that others learn to fight,” said María del Carmen Abascal, or Maricarmen, from hospital nearly two weeks ago. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► youtube.com
The 87-year-old, whose eviction from the flat she had lived in for seven decades set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. The pensioner, whose apartment had been bought by an investment firm who sought to hike her rent by 230%, became a symbol of the many people left behind by Spain’s surging housing market. #maricarmen #spain #housingcrisis
The 87-year-old, whose eviction from the flat she had lived in for seven decades set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. The pensioner, whose apartment had been bought by an investment firm who sought to hike her rent by 230%, became a symbol of the many people left behind by Spain’s surging housing market. #maricarmen #spain #housingcrisis
