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Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

8 octobre 2026 à 17:27
Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid on Thursday, a day after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old whose eviction became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis.

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Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.
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  • An AI boom is sending San Francisco rents through the roof: ‘nowhere left for people to go’
    According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homesTo say that Maria Zamudio and her team have been busy lately would be a gross understatement.Every Monday at 9am, the phone lines at the downtown clinic of San Francisco’s Housing Rights Committee start ringing, and they keep ringing until closing at 5pm. In-person counseling appointments for renters facing eviction or landlord misconduct fill days in advance. After ever
     

An AI boom is sending San Francisco rents through the roof: ‘nowhere left for people to go’

8 octobre 2026 à 13:04

According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homes

To say that Maria Zamudio and her team have been busy lately would be a gross understatement.

Every Monday at 9am, the phone lines at the downtown clinic of San Francisco’s Housing Rights Committee start ringing, and they keep ringing until closing at 5pm. In-person counseling appointments for renters facing eviction or landlord misconduct fill days in advance. After every weekend, the staff of seven sits in their office and sifts through more than 150 voicemails. The rental assistance hotline averages 200 calls a week.

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