Spain Seeks 2030 Eviction Ban as 87-Year-Old Tenant Wins Return Home
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Updated · NBC News · Sep 29
Spain Seeks 2030 Eviction Ban as 87-Year-Old Tenant Wins Return Home
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Sep 29
Summary
Spain’s coalition said it had finalized housing proposals including an eviction ban until 2030, with most measures heading to parliament in two decrees on Friday.
The package follows protests over 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal’s stretcher eviction and includes lease rollovers until 2028 plus a broader crackdown on speculative “vulture funds.”
Abascal’s landlord, Urbagestión, has now offered a preliminary deal letting her return by paying about €500 a month—roughly 30% of her pension—for eight years.
Junts, whose votes are likely needed in the fragmented parliament, said it backs stopping evictions by large funds but wants safeguards for small landlords.
Hundreds of protesters remained camped in central Madrid, and tenants’ groups said demonstrations would continue until broader demands such as rent freezes and automatic lease renewals are met.
After Maricarmen Abascal’s eviction sparked national protests, can emergency decrees fix Spain’s housing crisis without a major social-housing building push?
Spain is tightening short-term rentals and investor purchases—but will that lower rents in Madrid and Barcelona, or simply create new market loopholes?