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00:08Protests over access to housing are spreading throughout Spain.
00:12In Andalusia, major cities such as Seville, Caris, Córdoba and Málaga have joined the protests.
00:18In Málaga, rent and home prices have made access to housing one of the main problems for its residents.
00:23Our correspondent Sergio Rodrigo shares the details with us.
00:27Teresa now lives in the entrance hall of a building after being evicted.
00:32She is 73 years old, a pensioner, and has a son in her care.
00:37She has undergone two surgeries for cancer.
00:40She is now waiting for a response from the authorities, as she cannot afford the rent on her pension.
00:47I'm 72 years old, and for nine years, I paid 400 PIN.
00:52Since I was paying 400, the landlord wanted to raise it to 800.
00:55My pension is 900, so I told him I couldn't afford it, and he said we'd talk about it later.
01:00In the end, he raised it to 1,200.
01:02I told him no, and he filed a complaint against me.
01:05He cut off my water and electricity three times, and every time I got them reconnected,
01:10he took away my social utility discount and my heating subsidy.
01:14Their story is that of many families demanding the right to decent housing.
01:19Protests and demonstrations are multiplying across the eight provinces of Andalusia.
01:23Neighborhood movements are emerging from apartment buildings and neighborhoods to occupy public squares and streets and demand the enforcement of
01:31Article 47 of the Spanish Constitution, which recognizes the right to decent and adequate housing.
01:37We say it again.
01:38This square is ours.
01:40This city is ours.
01:41We don't want to be kicked out, and we're not going to leave, because, in fact, this is what was
01:45happening.
01:46This square hadn't been ours for a long time.
01:48It's important that this square be filled with people again, people eager to address their problems collectively, to listen to
01:54one another, and to move beyond the individual housing issues that overwhelm our lives and keep us constantly in danger.
02:00The organizations say they will continue the protests until their demands are met.
02:05Among their main demands are putting a stop to speculation and the pressure exerted by large investment funds on the
02:11housing market.
02:12Andalusia is joining the wave of protests and sit-ins for the right to housing and says the demonstrations will
02:18continue despite the decrees announced by the Spanish government.
02:26According to the latest data from the Spanish Youth Council's Emancipation Observatory, a young person would have to spend more
02:34than 100 percent of their salary just to pay rent.
02:39I'm 26 years old and can't wait to move out on my own.
02:43The reason we're here is the cost of housing.
02:45If you want to rent, you have to rent a room for 500 euros.
02:50People from Malaga are being thrown out onto the streets while vulture funds move in.
02:56They come here, take over entire buildings, and evict people.
03:01We can't stand this. There are no homes left. We're homeless.
03:06Mari Carmen eviction in Madrid has once again brought attention to a problem that, according to social movements, has been
03:13brewing for years.
03:14Organizations are demanding measures to stop evictions, protect tenants from abuse, and guarantee access to housing as a right.
03:21This demand has once again brought thousands of people out onto the streets.
03:25Sergio Rodrigo and Francis Gonzalez, Telesur, Andalusia, Spain.
