Police teargas protesters at Madrid eviction
The gist
Police fired teargas as Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was evicted in Madrid on Wednesday.
Her case has become a flashpoint in Spain's worsening housing affordability crisis.
How it unfolded
- 1956Maricarmen's father first rented the flat at 46 Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street in Madrid's Retiro district, where she had lived since 1956.
- 2008On her mother's death the apartment was sublet to Maricarmen.
- recentlyA developer bought the building; she was offered the chance to buy her apartment for €247,000 and her rent was raised from €500 to €1,650 a month while she receives a state pension of €1,350.