# Spain housing protests rage ahead of key government vote

https://mins.news/en/video/83477

- France 24 English, 2026-10-02 12:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whJUY-KsTZM

> Spanish lawmakers are due to vote Friday on two government housing decrees drafted after public outrage over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman. Their passage is uncertain. Several hundred people protested noisily in Madrid and other Spanish cities, rattling keys, blowing whistles and banging spoons on pots ahead of the vote.

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