Demonstrators hold signs reading 'Housing is a right not a business' and 'Not a single more Maricarmen' in a reference to an 87-year-old evicted from her Madrid home, during a protest against evictions and high rent prices on plaza Tetuan in Barcelona on October 5, 2026. Spain's Socialist Prime Minister on October 5, 2026 called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government amid nationwide protests against evictions and high rent prices. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP via Getty Images)