Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developer
TL;DR
- Riot police used teargas and batons against protesters in Madrid who were demonstrating against the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman.
- Hundreds of protesters, including activists and celebrities, gathered to block the eviction from the apartment where the woman had lived for 71 years.
- The woman faced an impossible rent increase after a developer bought the building, and an offer to cover the difference was ignored.
- The eviction was eventually executed, with activists decrying the landlord's 'barbaric behaviour' and highlighting the issue of housing rights.
- This year, 4,000 evictions have been carried out in Spain.