Social Protest

[Brief] María del Carmen Abascal, Symbol of Spain's Housing Protests, Dies at 87

The Guardian and the New York Times reported that María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose forced eviction ignited Spain’s national housing protests, has died in Madrid. Last month she was carried out on a stretcher from the apartment she had lived in for more than 70 years, and the fallout forced the government to adjust housing policy.

[Brief] Spain's Parliament Rejects Housing Relief Decree, Sanchez Government Suffers Major Legislative Setback

The Associated Press reports Spain’s parliament has rejected a package of housing relief measures from the Sanchez government, marking the governing coalition’s most significant legislative defeat in recent months and signaling that the housing affordability issue has risen to a national political question. The vote comes against a backdrop of multi-day housing protests outside parliament.