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Scout and youth clubs join the camp
More than 70 scout and youth-club leaders from across Catalonia are already camping in the square. On Thursday the 15th they hold a public event at 8 pm: “Fighting is also educating”.
Source: Instagram @acampada.habitatge
Barcelona takes to the streets in memory of Maricarmen and Olga
A march from Plaça Universitat, with a wreath and a minute of silence for the victims of evictions. Javier, from L’Hospitalet, was also remembered. The mobilisation looks ahead to the general strike on 11 November.
Source: El Constitucional
Three deaths in one month linked to evictions
Olga (54) and Javier (60), both from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, and Maricarmen (87), in Madrid. Three names the housing movement has turned into memory and demand.
Source: Diario Socialista
The decrees fall in Congress; elections on 29 November
According to the paper, Maricarmen’s case ended with both royal housing decrees falling in parliament and the general election being brought forward to 29 November. Her death has multiplied camps and protests.
Source: Deia
Maricarmen dies fourteen days after her eviction
The 87-year-old Retiro resident dies in hospital after being thrown out of the flat she had lived in all her life. A decree against evictions had been named after her, and her case sparked the camps at Sol and across Spain.
Source: elDiario.es
Already 70 tents; the decrees fall short, say groups
The number of tents rises to about 70. The decrees include suspending evictions until 2030, curbing seasonal lets and automatically renewing contracts, but social groups say they fall short.
Source: Europa Press / aldia.cat
Some 50 tents and a hundred people in the square
The agency counts some 50 tents and around a hundred people camping, with banners for public housing and against speculation.
Source: Europa Press / aldia.cat
The camp arrives in Plaça Catalunya
Dozens of people spend the first night in the square and hold an assembly, following in the footsteps of the Puerta del Sol camp in Madrid.
Source: 3CatInfo