Tents now fill parts of Puerta del Sol. Thousands have gathered in Madrid, and many plan to spend the night in the square. Organisers have set no end date for the camp.
The protest has grown beyond its original scale. It is no longer a short demonstration passing through one of the capital's best-known public spaces. Participants have built a camp.
The protest comes amid a housing crisis that has pushed rents and access to a decent home to the centre of public demands. Protesters are calling for urgent steps to limit rent increases. They also want curbs on the influence of vulture funds.
Different groups and individual citizens have joined the protest. Their support has fostered solidarity among people staying in the square. It has also strengthened the push to keep pressure on officials.
The message is clear. Inside Puerta del Sol, housing costs are not an abstract policy issue. Tents and overnight stays put the dispute in full view. The protesters have refused to set a departure date.
Information from EFE and RTVE, the separate situation in Ceuta is linked to the safety of strategic infrastructure and the risk of injuries: tents stood between a breakwater and the sea, with concrete blocks nearby. Agency reports indicate that hundreds of migrants were in the area, and several dozen were evacuated in the first wave.
The current protest follows an earlier phase of the same mobilisation described in an earlier report. The latest account describes a larger gathering. Its duration remains uncertain.
For residents and political decision-makers, the immediate question is whether demands on rents and investment funds will bring measures protesters consider urgent. The report identifies no government response or agreement. It also records no deadline or legal change.
The camp keeps attention on the dispute. The tents make the demand for decent housing visible in Madrid's centre. They also show that the protest has no settled end.
The housing crisis has produced a protest larger than expected and a camp with no stated departure date. Puerta del Sol will remain a public measure of how urgently participants want Spain's housing crisis addressed until officials respond to demands for rent controls and limits on vulture funds.
