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Why Valencia’s Plaza del Ayuntamiento is full of tents: the housing protests, explained

This Saturday, Valencia joined more than 50 Spanish cities marching for the right to housing. In Madrid, turnout estimates ranged from 70,000, according to the Delegación del Gobierno, to 500,000, according to the Sindicato de Inquilinas (the tenants’ union behind…

By Mireille

• October 3, 2026

Tents set up in a circle in Valencia's Plaza del Ayuntamiento after the 3 October housing march

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