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Sánchez pointed to City Hall and the Community of Madrid over Maricarmen’s eviction
The prime minister referred to the case during a press conference in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He also called for parliamentary support for a housing decree.
Pedro Sánchez spoke in New York about Maricarmen’s eviction and said it is a “social tragedy” that cannot be accepted either by the country or by public administrations.
According to El País, the prime minister made those remarks before his address to the UN General Assembly, during a press conference at Spain’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Sánchez said that responsibility for protecting vulnerable people in housing matters lies with city councils and regional governments. In that context, he lashed out at the Community of Madrid and Madrid City Hall, accusing them of being more focused on “buying and selling with public money penthouses with 200 meters of terrace” and of allowing, in his words, vulture funds to buy subsidized housing.
ABC España added that the head of government also said this eviction would not have happened if the royal decree-law on housing had been approved before the summer, and he called for “a broad perspective” from parliamentary groups to move forward with measures of that kind in the Cortes.
According to that outlet, Sánchez also said the government will provide a response to this situation, although he stressed that it needs parliamentary backing to push that decree through.
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