# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd1x1fHiBCe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70963911-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T18:01:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Hundreds of people have camped outside the regional government's offices in central Madrid for two days, demanding solutions to Spain's housing crisis after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen, who had lived in her home for 71 years.⁣
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When a vulture fund bought her building, the new owners demanded five times the rent, far more than her pension could cover.⁣
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Protesters want laws to prevent similar evictions, a rent freeze, an end to speculation and more social housing, and are threatening a general strike. "We're gonna camp here until we make sure that we have some immediate measures," said Valeria Racu of the Madrid Renters Association.⁣
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Spain's house and rent prices have doubled in the past decade. A royal decree granting some of the protesters' demands will be put to a vote on Tuesday.⁣
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Ken Browne reports from Madrid.⁣
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#Spain #Madrid #HousingCrisis #Eviction #Protest #RentFreeze #CGTN

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cgtn, housingcrisis, spain, rentfreeze, eviction, madrid, protest

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