Huge protests in Spain after housing measures defeated
First reported 2 Oct, 15:12 UTCUpdated 6h ago19 sources
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Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain to demand affordable housing, a day after MPs rejected relief measures for tenants.
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After an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her home following a 275% rent increase, a new law promising greater relief measures for tenants was rejected.
The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies.
The demonstrations were sparked by last week’s eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman
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- Spanish lawmakers vote down affordable housing bills in blow to Sanchez’s government (opens France 24 in a new tab)
Demonstrators protesting against Spain's housing crisis reacted with fury on Friday after the country's parliament rejected two bills put forward by the government that centre-left Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hoped would address their concerns. Rents have doubled over the past decade, with average prices now almost…
- Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87 (opens BBC News in a new tab)
The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies.
- Spain housing protesters vow new rallies after parliament vote (opens Daily Sabah in a new tab)
Housing protesters in Spain vowed to return to the streets and continue their encampment in central Madrid after parliament on Friday rejected the government's proposed response to...
- Spain's parliament rejects housing bill as protests continue (opens Deutsche Welle in a new tab)
Spain's minority government suffered defeat in parliament as it tried to push through a pair of emergency measures aimed at making housing more affordable. A pensioner's eviction and protests led to the bid.
- The right and wrong lessons to learn from Spain’s housing crisis (opens Financial Times in a new tab)
Evictions and spiralling rents are the symptom, not the underlying disease
- Fresh protests to hit Spain after housing measures defeated (opens Arab News in a new tab)
Protests are set to occur across Spain after the government’s housing protection measures were defeated in parliament. This follows an eviction incident that spurred nationwide demonstrations.
- Spanish lawmakers reject government housing measure amid protests (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
The result of the vote, which dealt a heavy political blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, was met with cries of “shame!” by hundreds of protesters outside Parliament
- Spain faces housing protests in more than 50 cities after parliament rejects tenant protections (opens Euronews in a new tab)
The eviction of an 87-year-old woman has turned anger over rents that have nearly doubled in ten years into a threat to Pedro Sánchez's minority government.
- Huge protests in Spain after housing measures defeated (opens RTÉ News in a new tab)
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain to demand affordable housing, a day after MPs rejected relief measures for tenants.
- Tens of thousands protest across Spain over housing crisis (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Protesters stepped up demands for action to tackle a mounting housing crisis.
- Over 70,000 take to the streets in Spain to protest housing crisis (opens TheJournal.ie in a new tab)
The government introduced the measures after nationwide protests following the eviction on a stretcher of an 87-year-old woman.
- Tens of thousands protest against Spain's housing crisis (opens Sky News in a new tab)
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spanish cities in protest at the country's housing crisis in the wake of the forcible eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
