Politics · Spain · 4 hrs ago
Óscar López signed a decision ending a Muface tenant’s lease
Minister Óscar López rejected a tenant’s appeal against the end date of his Muface rental contract.
The tenant is the son of a woman who signed the lease in 1988 and died in 2025.
The flat is opposite Maricarmen Abascal’s former home on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street in Madrid.
After his mother’s death, he was allowed to take over the lease only until February 24, 2026, according to one account; another described the period as six months.
López’s decision upheld the lease end date, saying the son could take over the contract but not indefinitely.
The case has drawn attention because López has publicly called Abascal’s eviction intolerable and criticised Madrid’s regional president and Congress over housing policy.
The tenant could now face eviction, though the sources do not say when it will happen.
Óscar López signed a decision rejecting a Muface tenant’s appeal against the end date of his lease.
The tenant is the son of a woman who signed the rental contract in 1988 and died in 2025.
The decision allowed him to take over the lease only until 24 February 2026, saying the right to succeed to the contract was not indefinite.
The tenant lives across the street from Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction has become a focus of Spain’s housing debate.
López has publicly criticised Maricarmen’s eviction while signing the decision concerning the Muface tenant.
- Who
- Óscar López, minister for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, signed the decision. The affected tenant is the son of the original Muface leaseholder.
- What
- López signed a decision rejecting the tenant’s appeal against the lease end date.
- When
- The decision was signed on 11 January, according to La Razón. The articles do not state the year explicitly.
- Where
- The tenant lives on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street, across from Maricarmen Abascal’s home.
- Why
- The decision said the son could take over the lease but not indefinitely.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The affected tenant’s mother signed a rental contract with Muface.
The original leaseholder died, and her son applied to take over the contract.
López signed the decision rejecting the tenant’s appeal over the lease end date.
The tenant’s permitted period under the transferred lease ended.
López called Maricarmen’s eviction intolerable.
- Decision signer
- Óscar López
- Property owner
- Muface
- Original contract
- Signed in 1988
- Lease end date
- 24 February 2026
- Rent
- More than €600 per month, plus charges
- Location
- Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street, Madrid
3 sources
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What people are saying
has ordered the eviction of a Muface tenant
He gets the subrogation for six months and is told he has to leave
The eviction of Maricarmen is intolerable
The problem is not in the Government, the problem is in Parliament. Let’s speak clearly