According to the union, the court agreed to the suspension after its legal team demanded it on the basis of the new decree approved on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers, known as the 'Maricarmen decree'. The Sindicat de Llogateres says it is the first eviction halted thanks to this law, which Congress votes on this Friday. For now, no new date has been set for the eviction.
One of the two royal decree-laws approved following the eviction in Madrid of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman removed from the home she had lived in for seven decades, extends the moratorium on evictions until 31 December 2030 for vulnerable people with no alternative housing.
The union maintains that the resident is in a vulnerable situation with no alternative housing, and that this was the second eviction attempt she had faced this year. The previous one was also suspended.
According to the union's account, as reported by El Periódico, the woman has lived in the flat since 2017 under a verbally agreed rental. When she asked to formalise the contract, the owner offered her a contract for a single room at the same price she was already paying, 850 euros a month, which she turned down. The union says attempts to negotiate with the owner have failed.
In the same district, some 50 people, including seven minors, who live in the block at number 74 Carrer de Llenguadoc face an eviction scheduled for Wednesday 7 October, according to 20minutos. Residents of the block told the newspaper they hold out little hope for the decree, as they believe it comes too late for them.
