# How Spain’s housing crisis forced a snap election

https://mins.news/en/video/86858

- BBC News, 2026-10-05 18:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW_S65WfsEU

> Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election after suffering a major defeat over housing reforms. Protests had erupted following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal after a sharp rise in her rent, putting housing at the centre of Spain’s political debate and public divisions.

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