Sánchez to push housing decree after 87-year-old's eviction sparks Madrid protests

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged on 27 September to pass a housing decree restricting evictions by investment funds and blocking such funds from buying more residential property, after the eviction of 87-year-old Madrid tenant Maricarmen, carried out on a stretcher after 70 years in her home. Tens of thousands protested in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, where a tent camp has drawn comparisons to Spain's 2011 anti-austerity movement.

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