SocietyHow Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling a new movement

Soaring rents and house prices are pushing housing up the political agenda across Europe. Campaigners from 140 organisations held a counter-summit alongside a major real-estate event in Madrid, where protests followed the eviction of 87-year-old wheelchair user Maricarmen Abascal from her longtime home. Activists launched a pan-European alliance seeking indefinite leases and rent controls.

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