Tenants union

Which, so this means that we, there is a very lucrative and a specific tourist market in the, in the housing system, and this is, uh, all started like that.

Now, the question is that Sumar, uh, who has been from the beginning very much linked to the Tenants Union and to the anti-eviction movement, uh, we proposed to the Social Democrat, uh, Party to have, um, a law that will frozen in a moratorium the increase of rents for two, three, four years, which we already had during the COVID period, a law that will f- forbid evictions for two, three, four years.

Because o- obviously we have approved in parliament four packages of aid against the consequences of the Ukrainian and the Middle East wars.

Mm.

It's happening everywhere.

So let's go back then in our, you know, last moments, Agustín, to the encampment and now the call by the trade unions, uh, for a general strike for November 11th, which will be 18 days j- before the snap election that was called.

And the Tenants Union, as I understand it and from your articles, was the major push behind the unions to move to this general strike.

How do you see that, and how do you see what's happening in the days after that as you move to the general election?

Clare O'Neil refutes that, saying there's more homes under construction at the moment than since records began.

CEO of the Tenants' Union of New South Wales, Leo Patterson Ross, says it doesn't need to be a choice between one or the other.

It's important to say, first of all, that one of the proposals the Australian Institute was polling on is building new homes.

It's just building new homes that are actually genuinely affordable and appropriate for people's needs.

That is the only outcome of them.

Who do you think is advising the Greens? Because we were going to speak to the Tenants' Union, and I would state without fear of contradiction that they would be They would have very similar worldviews, overlapping worldviews, the Greens and the Tenants' Union.

As far as you know, do the Tenants' Union have any formal input into rental policy for the Greens?

I don't think they have a formal input, but I think they have a lot of influence over what they're suggesting to them.

So I think it's interesting watching it, though, because it is a very headline-grabbing story, Tony, and I guess that's the thing here.

It looks a lot like the Piazza Navona, or just a big piazza, you know.

And according to Madrid's Tenants Union, who were one of the organizers for this protest, 950,000 people protested across the country, which is amazing.

Yeah, no kidding.

And because of this, Marie Carmen was allowed to move back into her home.

An 87-year-old woman who became the symbol of Spain's housing crisis has died.

Marie Carmen Abascal died today in hospital, according to the Madrid Tenants Union.

Two weeks ago, she was carried out of her home where she'd lived for more than 70 years after she could not afford the increased rent.

That eviction sparked nationwide protests and contributed to an early election call in Spain.