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[–] [S] 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When a developer bought the building Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years, she was offered the chance to buy her apartment for €247,000 (£212,000), an impossible sum for a pensioner.

They then raised her rent from €500 to €1,650 a month, while she receives a state pension of €1,350. An unnamed “prominent” writer offered to pay the €1,150 difference indefinitely but their offer was ignored.

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  • The goal was to evict her, not to make her pay the higher rent. Even those 1650€ a month were probably deemed too low when they can simply make another BnB from her apartment and earn twice that.

    This has been happening in Madrid for a while sadly. And people keep voting those fascist assholes despite this to the point they win easily. At a certain point, you start considering this is self-inflicted pain.

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