Protesters across Spain demand action over housing crisis
Protests are occurring across Spain following the government's failure to pass emergency housing legislation. Demonstrators are demanding rent controls and an end to evictions amid a deepening national housing crisis.
Why it matters
The housing crisis in Spain is creating political instability and threatening the survival of the current coalition government.
Image source, EPA/Shutterstock Image caption, One of the first protests started in Valencia (pictured), in the west of Spain
Protests are taking place across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to get emergency housing legislation through parliament on Friday.
About 50 planned marches were expected to take place in cities such as Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona on Saturday - with some already under way.
"There is a lot of anger in the streets," said a spokesperson for the Valencia Tenants' Union, where a demonstration has already started.
The measures put forward by Pedro Sánchez's leftist coalition government on Friday followed public outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home last month after she was unable to afford a sharp rent increase.
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