Mariano Ordaz, a 67-year-old pensioner, was evicted from his lifelong home in Madrid's Embajadores neighbourhood after multiple eviction orders. Despite community efforts to halt the eviction, a large police presence enforced it. Ordaz faces homelessness and limited options for shelter. The building's owner, a religious institution, is criticized for treating its properties like an investment fund, leading to poor maintenance and unaffordable rent increases. The recent lapse of an anti-eviction moratorium raises concerns about a wave of evictions affecting vulnerable families in Spain, amidst a housing market crisis characterized by soaring rents and stagnant wages.