María del Carmen Abascal’s lawyer has negotiated a deal setting rent on her Madrid apartment at 30% of her income for the next eight years

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An 87-year-old woman evicted from her home of 70 years last week will be able to return, according to her lawyer

María del Carmen Abascal, from Madrid’s Retiro neighborhood, was forcibly evicted on a stretcher on Wednesday, Sept. 23, prompting protests in the area and across Spain

Her lawyer said on Monday, Sept. 28, that she negotiated an 8-year agreement that would set rent at 30% of her income

An 87-year-old woman evicted from her home of more than seven decades last week will be able to…

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