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Spanish Citizens Stage Massive Protest Over Unprecedented Rent Hikes!
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News18•07-10-2026, 09:42
Spanish Citizens Stage Massive Protest Over Unprecedented Rent Hikes!
- •People across Spain are suffering due to a severe housing shortage and unprecedented rent hikes.
- •Tens of thousands of citizens and members of the Tenants' Union held a massive march in Barcelona on October 5.
- •The march turned violent when a section of protesters clashed with Mossos d'Esquadra police near the Barcelona Stock Exchange.
- •Police used baton charges and foam projectile guns to disperse the rioting crowd after barricades were set on fire.
- •Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced early general elections for November 29, 2026, amid a political deadlock over housing laws.
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Tens of thousands of citizens and Tenants' Union members marched in Barcelona to protest severe housing shortages and unprecedented home rental price surges. Their primary demands included immediate government action to curb rent hikes and provide emergency relief.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early general elections for November 29, 2026, following a political deadlock caused when opposition parties in parliament defeated the government's emergency housing law amendments.
Protests and an overnight encampment in Madrid's Puerta del Sol were sparked by the forced eviction of an 87-year-old woman named María del Carmen Abascal, who was removed from the apartment where she had lived for seven decades.
