Cómo la lucha para evitar el desahucio debilitó a Maricarmen: “Estoy pagando los siete años de juicios por mi casa”
EL PAÍS pasó varios días con la mujer de 87 años antes de dos de los cuatro intentos de desalojo, uno en 2025 y otro hace dos semanas
Maricarmen Abascal, a 87-year-old woman, was evicted from her home after a prolonged legal battle. She recalled her life story during a conversation with EL PAÍS two days before her eviction, mentioning how she felt weaker and more tired. The reason for her decline was the "payments for seven years of court battles for her house."
This was her fourth attempt at eviction, and it ultimately succeeded. Maricarmen lived in the house since she was 17, and she wanted to die there with her memories. She also proposed a decree for indefinite rentals to help elderly people like her stay in their homes, but her faith and strength dwindled after her defeat. She passed away in a hospital on October 8, 2025, just days after the government announced new elections.
Maricarmen's family and friends organized a march in her memory, calling for continued struggles for housing rights.
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