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Housing crisis | Pantisano: No forced evictions into homelessness
The case of the Spanish pensioner who had to leave her home after 70 years moved many people. In Germany, the Left leader is now calling for bans.
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After the death of 87-year-old Maricarmen, thousands of people in Spain continue to take to the streets against forced evictions and the right to housing. The left is also demanding consequences in this country. Photo: Richard Zubelzu/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Berlin. The Left is calling for a ban on forced evictions if they lead to homelessness. »Forced evictions into homelessness must be banned. Nobody should be put out on the street without an affordable replacement apartment available,” demands party leader Luigi Pantisano in the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”.
The background to his demand is the case of 87-year-old Maricarmen in Spain. She was taken by police from the apartment where she had lived for a good 70 years. Shortly afterwards she died. “The Maricarmen case” has become the trigger and symbol of the fight for affordable housing in Spain. The pensioner's eviction sparked huge outrage and a nationwide protest movement. Since then, there have been repeated demonstrations with tens of thousands of participants.
“Housing is a human right, and it must be recognized as such,” says the left-wing politician. “Apartments are there to live in and not to squeeze people out with ever higher rents.” dpa/nd
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