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Spain announces plan to ease housing crisis amid outcry over eviction of 87-year-old

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Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people Spain’s Socialist Workers’ party-led coalition government has approved a range of measures aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, including extending a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenan…

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Spain agrees on measures to fix housing crisis, ban eviction (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Spain's cabinet ministers said they have consensus on new measures to curb the housing crisis in the country after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen last week from her apartment sparked protests.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Spain agrees to measures to fix housing crisis, ban eviction (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Spain's cabinet ministers said they have an agreement on new measures to curb the housing crisis in the country after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen last week from her apartment sparked protests.

  3. BBC News

    Spain announces new housing measures after protests over 87-year-old woman's eviction (opens BBC News)

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    The measures include a proposed ban on evictions until 2030 and the automatic renewal of tenant contracts.

  4. The Guardian

    Spain announces plan to ease housing crisis amid outcry over eviction of 87-year-old (opens The Guardian)

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    Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people Spain’s Socialist Workers’ party-led coalition government has approved a range of measures aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, including extending a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenan…

  5. Foreign Policy

    Spain’s Housing Reform (opens Foreign Policy)

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    Mass protests over an 87-year-old’s eviction prompt new proposed legislation.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Is Spain’s anti-eviction decree a fix for its housing crisis? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The government blames 'savage speculation' as critics say new measures leave small landlords 'out in the cold'.

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