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Spanish housing activist (1938-2026)
María del Carmen Abascal, known mononymously as Maricarmen, was a Spanish retired secretary and housing activist who gained national attention for her almost seven-year fight to retain her rent-controlled apartment. Her removal from her home while in a stretcher on September 23, 2026 sparked massive protests across Spain. She died on October 7, 2026, just hours before she was set to sign a contract permitting her to return to her apartment with a similar rent price to what she had previously had.
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María del Carmen Abascal had spent most of her life quietly residing in the apartment her family had rented decades before in downtown Madrid. That was until her fight to
Her passing comes roughly two weeks after she was forced from her home in Madrid.