‘I pay $500 for 5 square metres’: Spain’s protesters, in their own words
Summary
Young people and workers across Spain protested and joined a nationwide strike over housing costs, wages and prices. The demonstrations followed a housing shortage and failed emergency tenant-protection measures, while protesters described high rents and fear of eviction.Key Facts
- Unions called a nationwide walkout on November 11 under the slogan “wages, housing, and prices.”
- The article says tens of thousands of young people had protested across Spain in recent weeks.
- Spain’s Bank of Spain estimated the country was short 750,000 homes, a figure that could reach 1 million by the following year.
- Parliament rejected two emergency decrees proposed by the government to protect vulnerable renters.
- The article reports that 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was forcibly evicted from her Madrid flat after her corporate landlord raised the rent beyond her means; she died in hospital on the day the owners agreed to let her return.
- Haris Javaid Sharif, a 24-year-old data analyst in Barcelona, said he lives with his parents because independent housing is too expensive.
- Bea Garcia de la Torre, 32, said she and her brother pay $1,229 a month in rent for a Madrid flat and worry about a rent increase or eviction.
- The article says the coalition government called a snap election for November 29 amid the housing crisis and trailing poll numbers.
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