When a developer bought the building Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years, she was offered the chance to buy her apartment for €247,000 (£212,000), an impossible sum for a pensioner.
They then raised her rent from €500 to €1,650 a month, while she receives a state pension of €1,350. An unnamed “prominent” writer offered to pay the €1,150 difference indefinitely but their offer was ignored.
The goal was to evict her, not to make her pay the higher rent. Even those 1650€ a month were probably deemed too low when they can simply make another BnB from her apartment and earn twice that.
This has been happening in Madrid for a while sadly. And people keep voting those fascist assholes despite this to the point they win easily. At a certain point, you start considering this is self-inflicted pain.
Wonder if she even knew about the offer? Sick the way no matter where in the world how we treat the elderly.
The goal was to evict her, not to make her pay the higher rent. Even those 1650€ a month were probably deemed too low when they can simply make another BnB from her apartment and earn twice that.
This has been happening in Madrid for a while sadly. And people keep voting those fascist assholes despite this to the point they win easily. At a certain point, you start considering this is self-inflicted pain.