Spain protests: Evicted 87-year-old woman to return to Madrid home

The real estate firm backs down and restores her old rent after mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis.

• An 87-year-old woman in Madrid will return to her home after a real estate firm agreed to reinstate her old rent following mass protests against Spain's housing crisis.
• The dispute highlighted the issue of international investment funds buying buildings, significantly increasing rents, and displacing long-term tenants for tourist accommodations.
• The Spanish government is proposing new tenant protection measures, though these may face political opposition and fall short of protesters' demands, amidst a significant housing shortage in the country.

Topics: Asset types, Legal regulatory, Scalability, Real assets, Investor protection disclosure, Retail global adoption

Tags: #realestate #housingcrisis #eviction #rentcontrol #protests #madrid #spain #tenantrights #investmentfund

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Social Security faces steep cuts. These senators want to bet on stocks and $27 trillion in debt to save it—but 'the gamble does not always pay off' | Fortune

"As a result, the most likely outcome is that in the 75th year, the government will end up with a big pile of debt, requiring large interest payments."

• A proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine suggests using a $1.5 trillion investment fund in stocks and $25.1 trillion in additional borrowing to cover Social Security's funding gap, aiming to avoid benefit cuts or tax hikes.
• Simulations by Boston College's Center for Retirement Research indicate this plan is risky, with a high probability (64%) of investment returns failing to cover the debt over 75 years, especially with lower-than-historical stock market return assumptions.
• Alternative ideas include allocating a portion of Social Security funds to stocks or 'Trump accounts' for children, which critics argue do not address the immediate funding needs of current retirees.

Topics: Public debt, Yield performance, Institutional adoption, Tokenized us treasuries, Global sovereign bond tokenization, Retail access govt debt, Performance vs tradfi

Tags: #socialsecurity #debt #stockmarket #investmentfund #cassidykaineproposal #bostoncollege #senators #trustfund #benefitcuts #trumpaccounts

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