The most beautiful act of resistance I’ve seen: Madrid tenants fighting landlords with art | Leah Pattem

When an investment fund bought their building, the residents of Tribulete 7 protested in the only way they knew how – through radical creativity Spain’s housing crisis finally came for the tenants of Madrid’s Calle Tribulete 7 when their block was sold to an investment fund. Feeling pressured to leave by rent increases and aggressive construction works that flooded some apartments, they did everything they were supposed to do: organise meetings, contact the tenants’ union and find a lawyer. T...

By Leah Pattem