Evicted Madrid pensioner can return to her home of 70 years after lawyer strikes deal with property owners

A MADRID pensioner who was controversially evicted from her home of 70 years can return after a new rental deal was struck with the property

29 Sep, 2026 @ 09:06

Lead·Madrid·National News

Protesters pitch tents in central Madrid as demonstrations over Spain's housing crisis drag on

EXPLAINER: Protesters camp out in central Madrid as Maricarmen’s eviction triggers demonstrations over Spain’s housing crisis

Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday, demanding stronger housing laws before pitching some 150 tents in the historic Puerta del Sol.

28 Sep, 2026 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Property

Spain’s PM Sanchez promises new housing law as protestors rally in Madrid against eviction of 87-year-old woman

A NEW housing law has been promised by Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home of 70

28 Sep, 2026 @ 09:26

Lead·Madrid·National News·Property

Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to rally against the forced eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman.

WATCH: Violent clashes erupt in Madrid after 87-year-old disabled woman is forcefully evicted from her flat by investment firm

Protesters clashed with riot police in Madrid after 87-year-old Maricarmen was evicted from her flat of six decades and taken to hospital.

24 Sep, 2026 @ 12:01

Lead·Madrid·National News·Property

Brit, 40, found dead in Costa del Sol flat after eviction officers arrived over two years of unpaid rent

A BRITISH man was found dead in his Costa del Sol apartment after authorities came to evict him for not paying rent for over two

25 Jul, 2026 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Dozens of struggling families living in vans and motorhomes on beach near Malaga’s ‘golden mile’ to be evicted TODAY

A COMMUNITY of campervan dwellers has been told to leave the Andalucian area they are parked at, but are fighting back by asserting they have

7 Jul, 2026 @ 12:12

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Property

Eviction looms for Barcelona couple over unpaid rent as Spain scraps Covid-era tenant protections

A BARCELONA family has slammed Spain’s housing market as ‘completely dehumanised’ as they face eviction from their home of 22 years over unpaid rent. Nearly

19 Jun, 2026 @ 11:05

Barcelona·Lead·Property

Families made homeless by vulture fund evictions on the Costa del Sol were given ‘just ten minutes’ to get their belongings

DOZENS of families evicted from their homes on the Costa del Sol this week have told the Olive Press they have only ten days to

25 Mar, 2026 @ 20:53

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·National News·Property

Hundreds left sleeping on sports hall floor after ‘disgusting’ Costa del Sol evictions as mayor no-shows town hall protest

HUNDREDS of people on the Costa del Sol have been made homeless after Guardia Civil and riot police evicted them on Tuesday morning. Over 300

24 Mar, 2026 @ 21:03

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Property

‘Tsunami of evictions’ looms in Spain as protections for tenants who can’t pay rent are scrapped over squatter fears

SPAIN could face a wave of evictions numbering in the thousands after parliament once again rejected the extension of a key housing protection introduced during

5 Mar, 2026 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Property·Valencia

Spain’s housing crisis latest: Ibiza shanty town eviction halted at the last moment as police were closing in

A MAJOR eviction operation targeting an illegal settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday. Thanks to a last-minute court ruling, the eviction of Can

12 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Politics·Property

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

A 78-YEAR-OLD woman has been evicted from the home in Barcelona where she has been living since 1968 over an unpaid debt, sparking outrage on

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:56

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Around 200 Rainbow Family hippies kicked out from Andalucia major national park

HUNDREDS of hippies, a number of them British, were kicked out of one of Andalucia’s main natural parks yesterday (Thursday June 8). The free spirits,

10 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead

British and Spanish squatters removed from Costa Blanca property

FIVE British and Spanish squatters have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Javea. The owner of the family-sized property complained that a group had

11 Jul, 2022 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXPLAINED: The laws you need to know about squatters in Spain and how to evict ‘okupas’

CONTRARY to popular belief there are no laws in Spain that grant squatters the right to illegally occupy a house. But that doesn’t mean Spain

22 Jun, 2022 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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EXCLUSIVE: Rental horror as British couple illegally evicted, their belongings seized and cat stolen by property agency on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH expat couple have been left homeless after they were illegally evicted from their rental property, had their belongings seized and their cat removed

17 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Property

EXCLUSIVE: Expat mum and son lose Costa del Sol home after courts send legal notices to wrong address and ignore earlier family court ruling

WHEN Victoria Jenkins’ partner Lee did a runner leaving her and their son on the Costa del Sol, she didn’t think life could get any

8 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Malaga·Property

Podemos deputy leader, Isabel Serra Sanchez, sentenced to 19 months in prison for her intervention in an eviction in Madrid in 2014

THE deputy leader of Podemos, Isabel Serra Sanchez has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for her intervention in an eviction.

24 Apr, 2020 @ 13:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Squatter eviction firm boasts of ‘93% success rate’ in Spain

A COMPANY specialising in seizing homes back from squatters has handed three Mallorcan homes back to their owners in just six months. The company Desokupa

14 Apr, 2018 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Foreclosures in Spain fell by 13% last year

Foreclosure fall

27 Mar, 2016 @ 17:16

Property

Spanish house evictions reached 100 per day in 2014

Almost 100 families per day were evicted from their homes in Spain last year, fresh statistics reveal

9 Mar, 2015 @ 16:07

Lead·National News

Football club pay woman’s rent for life after eviction

Madrid-based side Rayo Vallecano are paying the rent of an 85-year-old woman after she was evicted from her home

24 Nov, 2014 @ 11:17

National News

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Police arrest six at eviction of family with newborn baby in Madrid

'Extreme violence' was allegedly used at the eviction of the young family

30 Jun, 2014 @ 14:42

Lead

Unlucky 13 families fight demolition of homes as planning chaos plagues Spain

The British and Belgian expats all have homes in the Piedra Amarilla area

7 Jun, 2014 @ 13:00

Overzealous police criticised following squat eviction in Malaga

Three protestors climbed onto the roof of a squat from which 13 families were evicted

9 Oct, 2013 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga

EU backs campaigners in calls to change Spain’s mortgage laws

European Parliament has called for changes to Spain's tough eviction laws

10 Jun, 2013 @ 13:44