Can Sánchez convince Spanish voters he is their best hope for fairer housing?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for late November following the failure of emergency housing measures in congress. The move comes amid rising public anger over a severe housing crisis and the recent death of an elderly woman following an eviction.
Why it matters
The housing crisis has become a central political issue in Spain, potentially shifting the balance of power in the upcoming election.
A housing protest camp in Puerta del Sol in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. A housing protest camp in Puerta del Sol in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. Spain Analysis Can Sánchez convince Spanish voters he is their best hope for fairer housing? Sam Jones in Madrid Recent death of 87-year-old woman likely to focus attention on crisis in run-up to general election at end of November
Even before María del Carmen Abascal died on Wednesday night , a mere fortnight after her eviction from the Madrid flat where she had lived for most of her life, the frail 87-year-old woman had become the enduring face of Spain’s housing crisis.
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