Tens of Thousands Rally Across Spain as Housing Anger Boils Over After Elderly Woman’s Eviction
Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid and other Spanish cities on Saturday, turning a single eviction case into a broader indictment of the country’s housing crisis. The demonstrations, sparked in part by the removal of an 87-year-old woman from her home, exposed deep public frustration over soaring rents, scarce affordable housing and what protesters say is a political failure to protect tenants.
