ReportageAprès 70 ans dans son logement madrilène, une expulsion donne naissance à un campement de protestation pour le logementRédigé 27 septembre 2026 à 14:09 UTCRegarderTranscription0:11An 87-year-old woman's eviction has turned a Madrid Square into an overnight protest0:16camp.0:16Maricarmen Abascal is not confirmed back in the apartment she occupied for about0:20seven decades.0:21Marchers are demanding national housing protections as her representatives prepare0:25for talks with the owner.0:27Can she get home?0:28And will the government act on the protesters' demands?0:30About 500 people were reported at Puerta del Sol on Sunday morning.0:34Tent counts ranged from roughly 100 to nearly 150.0:38Those are estimates of tents, not people.0:41Organizers say they may keep camping for days until the government approves a0:45housing measure they call the Decredo Maricarmen.0:47Saturday's Madrid march drew tens of thousands, but its size is sharply contested.0:51The government estimate is about 25,000, while the tenants' union claims more than0:56300,000.0:57An unidentified speaker also claimed 200,000.1:00That is not a verified count.1:02An earlier protest on Wednesday drew an estimated 10,000.1:05The demonstrations followed Abascal's eviction when hundreds of supporters had1:08gathered outside her building.1:10Police and judicial officials removed a baskal from her Retiro apartment on1:14September 23rd.1:15Medical workers carried her out on a stretcher, and she left by ambulance with1:18social services officials.1:20She has reduced mobility and a reported recognized disability of 50%.1:24She was described as being in hospital on September 26th.1:28Her condition since then has not been established.1:30Her father signed the family's old rent lease in 1956.1:33Her time in the apartment is usually described as about 70 years, though some1:37accounts say 71.1:38The removal followed a court dispute over whether that protected family tenancy1:42could continue not simply a price increase on an unchanged lease.1:46An initial court rejected the owner's attempt to end it.1:48The Madrid Provincial Court reversed that decision, and the Supreme Court made the1:53termination final.1:54Owner Urbogestion says a limit on further succession under the 1994 Urban Leases Act1:59applied.1:59The full reasoning and dates of the judgments have not been established here.2:03A United Nations appeal sought to halt the eviction, and a UN rapporteur later2:07argued the judge should have suspended it.2:09Neither stopped the removal.2:11The claimed rent increases conflict.2:13Abasco described a 230% rise she could not afford after an investment fund bought2:18the apartment.2:18Tenants' representatives and another account put the rise at 275%.2:22Another description says the rent changed by more than five-fold.2:25The monthly figures also fail to match either percentage.2:28One claimed comparison is roughly 500 Euros before and 2,650 Euros afterward2:34against a pension of about 1,000 Euros a month.2:37Herbogestion denies demanding 2,650 Euros.2:40A move from 500 to 2,650 would be a 430% increase, not 2302:46or 275%.2:48Those claims cannot be treated as one settled rent schedule.2:51The exact enforceable new rent has not been established.2:54Erbogestion has since proposed an affordable rent route back for Abascal.2:58One account puts the proposed maximum at 676 Euros a month, but that is neither a3:04signed lease nor a verified final price.3:06The company wanted to use Madrid's Reviva housing program.3:09The municipal housing company, EMVS, rejected that route as presented.3:13Its eligibility rules and applicant pool would not allow the flat to be assigned3:17directly to Abascal.3:18The city offered to mediate instead.3:20Rejecting that program route does not rule out every way home, but no agreement or3:25return has been confirmed.3:27Herbigisteune also denies that the government offered to buy the flat.3:30No public purchase has been shown.3:32The camp is pressing for more than a solution to one tenancy.3:35The tenants' union wants a rent freeze, indefinite rental contracts, rules for3:39short-term and room rentals, and alternative housing before eviction.3:43Organizer Miriam Buett argues that building more homes alone will not protect3:46residents without restraints on speculative investment.3:49She says a new measure could have saved Abascal and warns that failing to pass one3:53on Tuesday would mean abandoning tenants.3:55These are demands, not protections already enacted.3:58Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the eviction a social tragedy.4:02On September 27th, he said his government was working against the clock to bring a4:06housing decree to Tuesday's cabinet meeting.4:08then seek ratification in Congress.4:10His coalition partner, Sumar, is pressing for rent freezes and expropriation of4:15Abascal's former apartment and has threatened to boycott Cabinet if no decree is4:19approved.4:20Minister Felix Bolaños rejected the expropriation demand.4:23Possible provisions under discussion include automatic rental contract renewals and4:27tighter eviction restrictions.4:29The final text, any nationwide freeze and any indefinite lease provision remain4:34unknown.4:34Even Cabinet approval would not secure passage.4:37Sanjez lacks a parliamentary majority.4:39The wider housing pressure is substantial, though the available figures need care.4:44Spanish rents are described as rising 80% over a decade and home prices 63%.4:48Reported government comparisons put social housing at 2.5% of Spain's housing stock4:52versus 14% in France and 34% in the Netherlands.4:56More than 3 million Spanish homes are believed empty.4:58The underlying price series, definition of an empty home, and comparability of the5:03three countries' social housing counts have not been established.5:06Those figures provide context, not a demonstrated cause of Abascal's eviction.5:10The political divide predates this camp.5:13Some People's Party-led regions have declined to implement parts of the 2023 tenant5:17protection and rent control law.5:19Sanjas and Madrid's authorities blame one another over Abascal's case.5:23The city maintains that the eviction followed the law.5:26A proposal for a new decree cannot by itself settle either that dispute or the terms5:31on which she could return.5:32Monday's planned mediation is the next chance to establish whether Abascal can5:37return at what rent and under an enforceable agreement.5:40Tuesday's cabinet meeting is the government's target for a decree, whose contents5:44and later parliamentary fate remain unsettled.5:46As of Sunday, Abascal's return has not been confirmed, and no rent-freeze decree has5:50been approved.Lire l’articleChronologie de l’histoireHeyDexLe format court ↗Qui a rapporté quoiPoints rapportés par plusieurs médias✓Abascal’s eviction from her longtime Madrid homeConfirmé de façon indépendante · 6 médias✓Madrid protest attendanceConfirmé de façon indépendante · 5 médiasAgreement allowing Abascal to return home4 médias✓Abascal’s removal by ambulanceConfirmé de façon indépendante · 4 médias✓Rent increase after the apartment changed ownershipConfirmé de façon indépendante · 4 médiasTuesday deadline for housing legislation3 médias✓Proposed ban on evictions through 2030Confirmé de façon indépendante · 3 médias✓Congressional ratification of the decreeConfirmé de façon indépendante · 3 médias✓Protest encampment in Puerta del SolConfirmé de façon indépendante · 3 médiasProtesters’ demands for housing protections3 médiasGovernment deal on renter protections3 médiasAbascal’s hospitalization after eviction3 médiasSpain’s housing construction and deficit3 médiasUncertainty over parliamentary approval3 médiasDecree regulation of room rentals3 médiasGovernment plans to announce housing measures2 médiasRent increases under the decree’s rent cap2 médiasDemonstrators’ demands for tenant protections2 médiasSumar’s proposed rent freezes2 médiasNationwide protests before the government decision2 médiasPoints rapportés par un seul média4Rapporté uniquement par euronewsLeft-wing groups’ warning over the measure27 sept., 11:21 UTCRapporté uniquement par NPRTerms of Abascal’s apartment agreement30 sept., 7:07 UTCRapporté uniquement par RTVESuspension of evictions for vulnerable people30 sept., 6:41 UTCPublication date of the decree30 sept., 6:41 UTCChaque ligne est l’affirmation telle que nous l’avons relevée dans le reportage de ce média. Comparaison au 1 octobre 2026 à 18:09 UTC.
