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Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman’s removal from flat

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Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman’s removal from flat

Spain's coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests over the country's housing crisis, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last week.

The temporary ban on evictions, the rolling over of rental contracts and the ban on investment firms - or "vulture funds" as the government has termed them - buying property are all the kinds of policies that have been discussed by housing activists in recent days.

Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez urged political parties to support the decrees after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal last week.

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