A 94-year-old woman in Florence faces losing the home she has lived in for more than 60 years after her landlord said her rent would rise from €450 to €1,200 a month.
Franca’s contract expires in February, and her family says she will not be able to afford to renew it on the new terms. Her case closely echoes that of María del Carmen Abascal, known as Maricarmen, the 87-year-old who became a symbol of the fight for housing in Spain after a steep rent rise led to her eviction in Madrid. She died in hospital a few days later.
