87‑year‑old evicted from Madrid flat and hospitalized after police‑led removal

After a Supreme Court ruling ended the subrogation right protecting her tenancy, police carried out a court‑ordered eviction of Maricarmen, an 87‑year‑old wheelchair user who had lived in the same Retiro‑district flat since 1956. She was taken to Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, where doctors kept her for observation due to severe exhaustion, stress and anxiety. The mayor offered her a free emergency place in a Samur Social residence with tele‑assistance and home‑care services, but she declined and chose to stay with family in Segovia.

The eviction was carried out by Urbagestión Desarrollo e Inversión SL, which had previously attempted to raise her rent and had been blocked in three earlier attempts. Activists, neighbours and public figures protested the removal, but police and a judicial commission proceeded with the eviction.