Evicted Spanish pensioner to return home, lawyer says
Maricarmen, who is 87 years old, became a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain after she was evicted last week from the apartment she had lived in for decades.
87-year-old Maria del Carmen Abascal, known as Maricarmen, will be able to return to her Madrid apartment after being evicted, according to her lawyer Beatriz Duro, who said the agreement reached is a result of the social mobilization. The elderly woman, a wheelchair user, lived in the Spanish capital's Retiro neighborhood for most of her life.
Her eviction sparked widespread solidarity protests across the country, with tens of thousands of people marching through Madrid's streets and setting up tents in the historic Puerta del Sol plaza. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who called the eviction a "social tragedy," is expected to secure support for a housing bill during Tuesday's meeting of Spain's Council of Ministers, although the proposed legislation does not meet the protesters' demands for tougher action against abusive landlords and a freeze on rents.
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