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87-year-old evicted from Madrid home of 70 years

Original: Housing is a HUMAN RIGHT. Maricarmen, 87, was evicted from the Madrid home she had lived in for 70 years, while investor

Maricarmen, an 87-year-old resident of Madrid, has been evicted from the home she lived in for 70 years after investors sought to raise her rent more than fivefold. Campaigners including Greenpeace are citing her case to argue that housing is a human right, saying people across Europe are pushing back against a system that treats homes as profit vehicles rather than places to live.

Why now: The evicted woman's age and the drastic rent increase sought by investors have made her case a symbol of Europe's housing affordability crisis.

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• Housing is a HUMAN RIGHT. Maricarmen, 87, was evicted from the Madrid home she had lived in for 70 years, while investors sought to more than quintuple her rent. Across Europe, people are refusing a system that turns homes into profit machines. Homes for PEOPLE. Not… · greenpeace · 86

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