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Tens of Thousands Flood Spanish Streets as Housing Anger Boils Over

Tens of thousands of people marched across Spain on Saturday in one of the country’s largest recent demonstrations over the housing crisis, pressing the government to act on soaring rents, scarce supply and rising evictions. The protests underscore a widening political fault line as lawmakers reject stronger tenant protections and opposition parties seize on public frustration ahead of a likely period of electoral maneuvering.