María del Carmen Abascal, whose case has become a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis, appeared in a video from a hospital bed after being removed from her apartment.
María del Carmen Abascal, 87, after she was evicted from her Madrid apartment on Wednesday. “I wasn’t able to defend my home, but I did fight so that others can learn to fight for theirs,” she said.
Demonstrations broke out across the country over the woman’s eviction in Madrid, putting rising rents and affordability at the top of the political conversation.
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