# Police use teargas as protesters try to stop eviction of disabled 87-year-old in Madrid

https://mins.news/en/item/70558

- The Guardian, 2026-09-23 12:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/madrid-police-teargas-protesters-disabled-woman-evicted

> Riot police used teargas and baton charges against hundreds of protesters who tried to block the eviction of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old disabled woman who had lived in her Madrid apartment for 71 years. The eviction was eventually carried out after a developer bought the building and raised her rent beyond her pension. Housing campaigners called the landlord’s conduct “barbaric”.

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