It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed | María Ramírez

Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homes Maricarmen Abascal is a determined woman who uses a wheelchair to get around. She has needed her determination over the years she has spent fighting the real estate company that forced her out of her Madrid apartment last week. She had lived in the flat for more than 70 of her 87 years. Police forced their way into her apartment after a judge approved Abascal’s eviction . By then, protesters had gathered around the building, including the actor Carlos Bardem, Javier’s brother. Teargas was used against them. Abascal was taken to a Madrid hospital, suf

What is happening The Guardian reports: Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homes Maricarmen Abascal is a determined woman who uses a wheelchair to get around. She has needed her determination over the years she has spent fighting the real estate company that forced her out of her Madrid apartment last week. She had lived in the flat for more than 70 of her 87 years. Police forced their way into her apartment after a judge approved Abascal’s eviction . By then, protesters had gathered around the building, including the actor Carlos Bardem, Javier’s brother. Teargas was used against them. Abascal was taken to a Madrid hospital, suf The problem The public problem in this report is the one named by the source: “It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed | María Ramírez”. A response on MLAIEL should not add a cause, a number, or a remedy the source does not state. Open the source for the detail. What a team can do on MLAIEL A team can turn the reported housing problem into a project: who cannot find a home, what the source already says, and one next step that stays inside those facts. Source The Guardian — It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed | María Ramírez https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/30/it-shouldnt-take-the-eviction-of-an-87-year-old-to-get-spains-housing-crisis-fixed