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Latest demonstrations deepen a days-long crisis after parliament struck down two affordable housing decrees.
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Spain housing reform parliamentary defeat and protests
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Spain's parliament has rejected two government affordable-housing decrees and tens of thousands have protested nationwide, leaving a political crisis over housing affordability unresolved.
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Guardian
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to pass Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle a mounting housing crisis after government measures were struck down by the opposition. Demonstrators on Saturday waved posters calling for a general strike after the measu…
Al Jazeera
Tens of thousands protest in Spain after failed housing reforms
Latest demonstrations deepen a days-long crisis after parliament struck down two affordable housing decrees.
Sky News – World Sky
Tens of thousands protest against Spain's housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spanish cities in protest at the country's housing crisis in the wake of the forcible eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
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BBC News – World BBC
'Anger in the streets': Tens of thousands protest in Spain over housing crisis
More than 50 protests are taking place on Saturday after the government failed to get emergency legislation through parliament.
