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@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2026-09-30 07:15:03

'...property companies, banks and hedge funds profit from vulnerable tenants and their once-affordable homes. It is also a reminder of the failure of politicians to protect the right to “decent and adequate” housing that has been enshrined in the Spanish constitution since 1978.'
#housingCrisis #spain

It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed
Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homes, says María Ramírez, deputy managing editor of Spanish news outlet elDiario.es

@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2026-09-30 07:09:13

Die Linke won on Berlin. Will they socialise the housing stock of the city’s biggest real-estate companies?
#housingCrisis
theguardian.c…

A leftwing victory in Berlin shows people want freedom, and liberals cannot deliver it
Die Linke’s surge was propelled by a compelling promise: for voters to have the freedom to stay in their city. This is how to fight back against the far right, says writer and philosopher Eva von Redecker

@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2026-07-27 12:06:37

July 27, 2026 headline from 730DC (#NationalGuard #housing

SCREENSHOT: SEVEN:THIRTY - Wake to Washington. [reply to this to tell us how many people you know who've had ~food poisoning~ recently (for this editor: 5)] WHAT TO KNOW They don't even go here... Thousands of National Guard troops will move from hotels into longer-term housing. The price tag? $292M—reportedly cheaper than the alternative, but we gotta ask: Who would be living in these apartments otherwise?! To put this in perspective, last year DC spent around $100M to build and preserve a…
@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2026-09-23 14:59:23

“Maricarmen’s case is just one more example of what happens when housing is put in the hands of landlords. The difference is that a lot of people have become aware of her situation and the tenants’ union has shown that we can fight this type of barbaric behaviour.”
So far this year, 4,000 evictions have been carried out in #Spain.

Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developer

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-09-27 03:41:10

an 87yr old got evicted. mass protests 👍
abuela desalojadas. 87 años. protesta mas grande 👍
#housing #españa #casa
aje.news/02ieu5

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-07-12 20:57:45

This is an excellent system we've got here.
#HousingCrisis

residential conversion at 235 East 42nd St.: Would renters pay to move in to a building that almost collapsed during the renovation? “This project will definitely have a stigma,” said Ross Spivak, CEO of the firm RES Consulting NY. “You’re talking [about] a significant structural failure.” Other brokers disagreed, arguing that that city's housing supply is so tight that desperate tenants won't be deterred.
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2026-09-12 10:09:51

Debt Collective - A union of debtors
#FreeEducation #FreeHealthcare #Solidarity #Union #UniversalHealthcare #Housing #DebtElimination