Maricarmen's eviction shakes Madrid and ignites Spain's housing crisis debate

The eviction of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid home of 70 years, has sparked national outrage and become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis. The property fund that evicted her has now proposed she return with stable, affordable rent. Urbagestión offered the Madrid city council a plan for Maricarmen's return, but the council called it "inviable" and proposed mediation instead. A meeting is set for Monday, September 28, between her representatives and the property owners, with municipal housing professionals facilitating. The case has triggered political blame between central and regional governments, street protests across Spain, UN criticism of Spanish housing law, and renewed government efforts to pass an urgent housing decree. Maricarmen, hospitalized and exhausted, said she fought for others to defend their homes.