Sindicato de Vivienda de Carabanchel

Portrait of an elderly couple facing eviction at sunrise

Jose (or Pepe, as he's affectionately known), 78, tells me about when he met María, 82. "I used to work in a bar and that's where I met María. She'd come in to see me and we chatted for a few months. Fifty-five years later, here we are, being evicted from the house we've called home ever since we got married."