The 87-year-old woman evicted from her home in Spain has died

[Grant]

Maricarmen Abascal was forcibly removed from her Madrid home on a stretcher in September, sparking tense scenes outside and large-scale protests.

An 87-year-old woman, whose eviction from her home sparked major protests in Spain and was partly responsible for a snap election, has died.

Maricarmen Abascal was forcibly removed from her Madrid home, where she had lived for seven decades, on a stretcher in September, sparking tense scenes outside and large-scale protests.

Those protests, along with parliament's rejection last week of decrees aimed at curbing evictions and limiting ⁠rent pressures, prompted Prime Minister ⁠Pedro Sanchez to call an early election for 29 November.

https://news.sky.com/story/woman-87-whose-eviction-triggered-snap-election-in-spain-following-housing-protests-has-died-13596292

 

[ShaunSA]

So much snot en trane. She couldn't pay the rent. The end

 

[R13...]

So much snot en trane. She couldn't pay the rent. The end

You do have the table manner of Attila the Hun, Shaun, but her rent went from 500 to 2650 EU. Thats a little more thsn just couldn't pay the rent. This will probably fuel those housing protestors even more. Guess Spain will have to start clamping down harder on tourism which is a major driver for this

 

[ShaunSA]

You do have the table manner of Attila the Hun, Shaun, but her rent went from 500 to 2650 EU. Thats a little more thsn just couldn't pay the rent. This will probably fuel those housing protestors even more. Guess Spain will have to start clamping down harder on tourism which is a major driver for this

Did any of the protestors offer her a home?

Or is this some feel good exercise the masses are well known for?

 

[R13...]

Did any of the protestors offer her a home?

Or is this some feel good exercise the masses are well known for?

The public outrage made the capitalist give back her apartment, so it was more than a feel good bit of protesting.

 

[Gordon_R]

You do have the table manner of Attila the Hun, Shaun, but her rent went from 500 to 2650 EU. Thats a little more thsn just couldn't pay the rent. This will probably fuel those housing protestors even more. Guess Spain will have to start clamping down harder on tourism which is a major driver for this

This thread is back to front, and the OP article is a followup to a much wider story, which may involve snap elections to the Spanish parliament. See:

Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87

The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies.

www.bbc.com

Spain's Congress has rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis, in a defeat for the government of Pedro Sánchez that increases pressure on him to call a snap election.

Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by the government in response to nationwide protests that have followed the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen Abascal, from her home.

The decrees, which introduced a series of initiatives aimed at protecting tenants in the rental market, required parliamentary approval in order to remain in place.

MPs rejected the first decree by 178 votes to 172 and voted against the second by 184 to 166.

And:

Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's removal from flat

The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days.

www.bbc.com

Spain's coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests over the country's housing crisis, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last week.

Ministers met on Tuesday to discuss the proposals, which include a ban on evictions until 2030.

Announcing the measures, Health Minister Mónica García said they would bring relief to more than five million people - but opposition politician Míriam Nogueras said the agreement left "small landlords out in the cold".

The proposals - which have been presented in the form of two decrees - come into effect immediately, but must be approved by Congress within a month, although the government hopes to hold the vote as soon as this Friday.

 

[ShaunSA]

The public outrage made the capitalist give back her apartment, so it was more than a feel good bit of protesting.

So that's a No then. As expected

 

[ShaunSA]

The OP article is a followup to a much wider story, which may involve snap elections to the Spanish parliament. See:

Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87

The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies.

www.bbc.com

And:

Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's removal from flat

The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days.

www.bbc.com

Pedro Sanchez looks like a po3s. But if they don't want to string him up they deserve him

 

[Stonemason]

The public outrage made the capitalist give back her apartment, so it was more than a feel good bit of protesting.

Why does your reference to 'capitalist' make me think you are a student or an older person who never learned to understand economics?

 

[Alexander the Straight]

Why does your reference to 'capitalist' make me think you are a student or an older person who never learned to understand economics?

Because you yourself have a very limited understanding of capitalism, as the good Dr Alban said in a song, little knowledge is dangerous

 

[Mekon]

Pedro Sanchez looks like a po3s. But if they don't want to string him up they deserve him

He is a purse, he's a commie

 

[ISP cash cow]

The public outrage made the capitalist give back her apartment, so it was more than a feel good bit of protesting.

A bit late for that isn't it?

 

[konfab]

You do have the table manner of Attila the Hun, Shaun, but her rent went from 500 to 2650 EU. Thats a little more thsn just couldn't pay the rent. This will probably fuel those housing protestors even more. Guess Spain will have to start clamping down harder on tourism which is a major driver for this

An attitude like this is why rent is high in the first place. It isn't her home. It isn't her property. She signed an agreement, and presumably the landlord kept up their side and did all the maintenance that was legally required.

Socially speaking, she should have done what any normal person would do. You get notice of a rent increase, you find that it is too high, and you go and move in with your family.

Now if you don't mind me, I am going to go and watch some sh!tbags getting evicted for entertainment.

 

[Stonemason]

Because you yourself have a very limited understanding of capitalism, as the good Dr Alban said in a song, little knowledge is dangerous

Maybe I understand communism better. After all, it has been tried in a lot of countries and it failed. Or its offspring socialism - you know, that thing of which Margeret Thatcher said : The only problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Or Winston Chrchill who said: Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
But, on the other hand, I think I understand capitalism very well. It ensures that I can have a roof over my head, food to eat and clothes to wear without having to beg other people for help.

 

[ShaunSA]

A bit late for that isn't it?

If only one of the protestors had taken her in she'd still be alive

 

[konfab]

Well intentioned leftist retards do not understand incentives. They think on first order effects and that is it. "So what if we cap the rent increase to 2%, it will help little old ladies"

Mass protests were sparked recently by the case of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal. She was served an eviction notice after her previously rent-controlled flat was bought by a corporate landlord which sought to increase the rent to a level well above her monthly pension income.

See, she was living in a rent controlled apartment. Which means the law was effectively forcing her to be subsidised by the landlord. Once the apartment was bought over and a new contract was needed, it forced her to catch up with reality. And whilst the previous landlord was being forced to subsidise her, they couldn't take advantage of the higher rents to maybe build more apartment buildings.
https://archive.is/VRvaR#selection-2239.0-2243.230

The right approach is what the COCT is doing. They don't block housing developments, and they are applying commercial property rates to short term letting to disincentivise it fairly.

Anyone wanting to bring out the sob tears for this should read GHL's response to people who want rent control.

We will solve our challenges by freeing up more building, more urgently and ambitiously. In housing, as in economics, you cannot regulate away scarcity. You can only outbuild it.

https://groundup.org.za/article/rent-control-not-only-fails-it-entrenches-inequality/

Were I the benevolent dictator of South Africa I would forcibly tattoo that phrase onto the forehead of every leftist demanding rent control.

 

[ISP cash cow]

If only one of the protestors had taken her in she'd still be alive

I know and she was taken so young

 

[ShaunSA]

I know and she was taken so young

In the prime of her life. Ah well at least Timmy didn't give her covid so there's that comfort

 

[Alexander the Straight]

Maybe I understand communism better. After all, it has been tried in a lot of countries and it failed. Or its offspring socialism - you know, that thing of which Margeret Thatcher said : The only problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Or Winston Chrchill who said: Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
But, on the other hand, I think I understand capitalism very well. It ensures that I can have a roof over my head, food to eat and clothes to wear without having to beg other people for help.

These are not facts, they're things that were told to the masses as part of an indoctrination campaign, a hugely successful one I might add.

Like capitalism, socialism/communism can fail, or succeed, neither is "doomed" to any particular outcome.China is a glaring example.

What's never been taught or spoken of is what unbridled capitalism eventually grows to look like ,at a mature stage.... I do believe that you're seeing it now, the begining at least.

 

[robinsonia]

Did any of the protestors offer her a home?

Do your own googling Shaun.

Private entities offered to pay the rent and the the landlord rejected it. The State also tried to buy the flat, but lacked the legal framework to enforce a solution. Even if someone offered her their home, she didn't want to leave hers and ultimately didn't have to, but she died in hospital after being forcibly removed.