The 87-Year-Old Spanish Woman Evicted From Her Home: What Really Happened?

Podcast: Spanish Practices – Living in Spain: Real Life, Real Spain · John Metson

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

In this episode of Spanish Practices, I look beyond the shocking images to ask what actually happened. Why did Maricarmen lose her tenancy? Was she offered alternative accommodation? Who is Urbagestión, the company behind the property? Were the police and social services right to proceed as they did? And what does being forced from the home you've known for more than seven decades do to an elderly person? But Maricarmen's story is also part of something much bigger: Spain's housing crisis. Rents have surged, affordable housing is desperately scarce and the gap between wages and housing co...