Topic: Maricarmen

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Straight to... Barcelona and the pressure on the Government for the housing crisis

Trade unions of tenants and social groups sent a message to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to demand more forceful measures against the increase in rent and the difficulty of access to housing. Although the case of Maricarren, the 87-year-old woman who faced an eviction, has become one of the symbols of the protests, many young people claim to be the main victims of the housing emergency. They report that high purchase and rental prices prevent them from becoming independent, forming a home and developing their life projects. From Barcelona,

28 Sept 2026, 21:22 UTC

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The singer Amaia gives in Barcelona to Pedro Sánchez a sign of the 'Maricarman Proclamation'

The President of the Government calls for a "effort" on the other political formations to approve social measures

28 Sept 2026, 20:22 UTC

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The Pope, on Maricarsen: "What is the problem in the system that allows an old woman to be thrown out of her house?"

León XIV talks to the press about evictions, although he admits not knowing the specific episode, and calls for "more just solutions" and for "the systemic cause of the problem"

28 Sept 2026, 20:22 UTC

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Urbagería comes to an agreement with Maricarsen representatives to return home

The owner accepts that the 87-year-old woman return to the Retiro floor with a similar rental to the previous one, about 500 euros, including expenses. The tenant must now give a good approval to the agreement

28 Sept 2026, 20:21 UTC

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Activists protest in Spain and demand that Sanchez "decree Maricarsen" for housing

Activists from the 'Sindicat de Llogares' cut off several accesses to Barcelona hours before the visit of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez. The union asks you to commit to the adoption of the so-called "Maricarsen decree" on Tuesday in the Council of Ministers. Maricarren is a 87-year-old woman who was evicted from the apartment where she lived for decades. Activists fear that superficial measures will be adopted that do not give a real solution to the housing crisis. From Barcelona, our correspondent, Elise Gazengel, tells us the details of what the activities require.

28 Sept 2026, 16:20 UTC

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Ironized Ayuso after Maricarsen's eviction and asks to know "from what age" you may not pay the landlord: "Let me know"

The regional president sees the proposals for the next housing decree "sectarian and deeply ideological"

28 Sept 2026, 11:16 UTC

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Maricarsen, an international brand that inspires 20 European associations for decent housing: "This transcends borders"

The network that coordinates social movements and tenant unions throughout the continent joins the Sol camp and hopes that the Spanish movement will replicate in cities around the world

28 Sept 2026, 05:09 UTC

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From La Corala Utopia to Maricarren: the eternal discord for the housing on the left

The media evicted increased tension in the Government, where two degrees of radicality coexisted on how to deal with a problem that had been plagued. Different electors, diagnoses and trajectories call on the PSOE and its partners to conflict

28 Sept 2026, 05:08 UTC

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The massive protests in Madrid against the housing crisis triggered by the eviction of old Maricarren

Hundreds of people spent the night in the square after a protest motivated by the eviction of Maricarsen, a 87-year-old woman who was evicted from the rental house in Madrid.

27 Sept 2026, 22:58 UTC

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Sánchez urges partners to support the housing decree "by Maricarsen and the millions of Spaniards who suffer the crisis"

The president, who works "against the clock" to approve it on Tuesday, insists that supporting it "is a question of humanity" and "not of ideology"

27 Sept 2026, 13:55 UTC

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Recover the spirit of 45: when investors did not defeat the state

Housing is now the most meridian example of a market failure, as we have seen in the Maricarsen eviction

27 Sept 2026, 08:47 UTC

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Housing, between efficiency and equity

The outrage over the 'Maricarren case' cannot be translated into demagogical speeches that confuse the urgency of seeking solutions against evictions with the creation of an effective regulatory framework

27 Sept 2026, 04:50 UTC

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From Pepi to Maricarman seven years later: two vulnerable women and two evictions that moved legislative changes

Their evictions caused mobilizations, inspired changes in housing laws and reached the UN. However, they remained on the street without alternative housing

27 Sept 2026, 04:45 UTC

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Dissection of the Maricarsen eviction: could it have been different?

The Supreme upheld the end of the rent despite the fact that several owners had accepted the subrogation for years and that the contract was born vitiated by Franco law

27 Sept 2026, 04:45 UTC

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The eviction of Maricarsen and the housing decree: how to act in a market dominated by individuals

The wide diversity of owners and the different positions of political groups make it possible to legislate on rent

27 Sept 2026, 04:44 UTC

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Maricarman forces a turn of government and its partners on housing

Coalition ministers assume that they must close the pact by Tuesday and add up to a threat of a plant under increasing social pressure

27 Sept 2026, 04:44 UTC

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"To the end, companions": Sun recamped 15 years after 15-M

The protest for the eviction of Maricarren leads to a camp at Puerta del Sol, where protesters demand the Government to adopt a new housing decree

27 Sept 2026, 02:43 UTC

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The outrage for the house takes the street and is planted in Sol

A march of protest for Maricarren's eviction brings together tens of thousands of people and leads to a movement that reminds the 15-M

26 Sept 2026, 22:37 UTC

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Maricarmen Vs The ‘Vultures’: A “social tragedy” mobilising Spaniards

Protests are ongoing in Madrid right now, with many demonstrators holding signs and banners that read “Maricarmen vs the Vultures”. “Maricarmen, you are not alone.” Or “Ni una Maricarmen más.” Not one more Maricarmen.

26 Sept 2026, 19:29 UTC

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The other Maricarmen who fight to stay at home

The threat of eviction extends throughout the provinces, where many resist between media silence and institutional indifference

26 Sept 2026, 17:33 UTC