What to know about Spain’s housing protests sparked by the eviction of the 87-year-old Maricarmen

The eviction of an 87-year-old woman has sparked public protests in Spain, increasing pressure on the government to address the national housing cost crisis.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Public outrage over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman has put Spain’s progressive government under immense pressure to tackle the nation’s entrenched housing cost crisis. Around a thousand protestors have spent the past week camped out in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, the capital’s most popular public space, after the elderly María...
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