{
  "id": 9355577,
  "title": "87-year-old woman evicted from Madrid home after 70 years despite mass protests and offer to pay her rent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/87-year-old-woman-evicted-from-madrid-home-after-70-years-despite",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:52:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Spain in English",
    "slug": "spain-in-english",
    "url": "https://www.spainenglish.com/2026/09/23/87-year-old-woman-evicted-from-madrid-home-after-70-years-despite-mass-protests-and-offer-to-pay-her-rent/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old disabled woman, was evicted from her long-standing Madrid apartment despite widespread protests and an anonymous offer to cover her rising rent. Wheelchair-bound and recognized as having a 50% disability, Maricarmen was carried out on a stretcher and taken to Madrid’s Gregorio Marañón Hospital. Her eviction came after a legal battle with Urbagestión Desarrollo e Inversión (Urbagesa), the property investment company that bought the building in 2018. The new owner demanded a monthly rent of €2,650, far exceeding Maricarmen’s current pension of about €1,400. This was the fourth attempt to remove her, with thousands of supporters gathering outside to prevent her eviction. The case has drawn significant attention in Spain, prompting discussions on housing affordability, property investments, and tenant protections.",
  "summary": "An 87-year-old woman with a disability has been evicted from the Madrid apartment where she has lived for more than seven decades, despite hundreds of protesters attempting to prevent her removal and a last-minute offer from an anonymous benefactor to cover the substantial increase in rent demanded by the property’s... The post 87-year-old woman evicted from Madrid home after 70 years despite…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Eviction of 87-year-old woman sparks Madrid protests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/eviction-of-87-year-old-woman-sparks-madrid-protests",
        "published": "2026-09-23T16:25:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Eviction of 87-year-old woman sparks housing protests in Madrid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/eviction-of-87-year-old-woman-sparks-housing-protests-in-madrid",
        "published": "2026-09-23T16:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}