Tens of thousands of people have protested in Madrid against Spain's housing shortage after the eviction of a 87-year-old woman from her rental apartment.
Some protesters have pitched tents to stay the night in the Puerta del Sol plaza in the Spanish capital.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Madrid to protest against Spain's housing shortage and ask for protective measures for tenants, anti-fraud rules and a ban on evictions without alternative housing.
The protest on Saturday came in reaction to the eviction on Wednesday of a 87-year-old woman from the Madrid apartment she had lived in for decades.
Taken out of her home on a stretcher in the upscale Retiro neighborhood, María del Carmen Abascal was greeted by protesters and supporters as she was loaded into an ambulance.
Spanish media reported that Ms Abascal's father first rented the property in 1956 and she continued as the tenant after her parents died, during which time there was a rent cap.
The building changed ownership in 2018, and Ms Abascal was offered the opportunity to buy the apartment but could not afford it, according to the Madrid Tenants' Union, which organised Saturday's protest.
Urbagestión, an investment fund that later bought the unit, raised her monthly rent from 500 euros to 2,650 euros.
Extensive media coverage turned Ms Abascal into a symbol of Spain's housing shortage.
The Bank of Spain estimated that the country had a shortage of about 550,000 homes last year, with Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia accounting for a share.