MADRID — María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old renter whose eviction prompted protests across Spain, has reached an agreement to return to her Madrid apartment when she leaves the hospital, her lawyer said Tuesday. The deal with the company that owns the apartment in the upscale Retiro neighborhood limits Abascal’s rent to 30% of her income. She previously paid 500 euros a month — about $570 — before the owner raised the rent beyond what she could afford. Abascal, widely known as Maricarmen, had lived in the apartment for seven decades. She was taken out on a stretcher last Wednesday and hospitalized. Her case drew tens of thousands of people to demonstrations, including a dayslong encampment at Puerta del Sol, Madrid’s central plaza. The dispute has become a rallying point amid rising housing costs and shortages that have left many Spaniards struggling to find affordable homes. Protesters have demanded stronger tenant protections, action against rental fraud and a ban on evictions when tenants have no alternative housing. The coalition government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a package of housing measures Tuesday. It would extend eviction protections for vulnerable residents through 2030, regulate room rentals, tax seasonal rentals and prohibit certain speculative property purchases by investment funds through 2028. The government has not yet released the full decree, leaving details such as the tax rate and how targeted funds will be defined unclear. The package also includes tax breaks for landlords renting to low-income tenants, interest-free loans for families buying a first home, and steps to protect and expand public housing. Parliament has 30 days to ratify the measures. The governing coalition holds 152 of the 350 seats and will need support from other parties; similar proposals failed to gain enough backing in July. Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez said the government wanted to move quickly, while Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz credited the public pressure, writing that the measures came “thanks to the citizen movement. To Maricarmen. To the thousands of people in the streets.” The Madrid Tenants’ Union, which organized a protest, said it would wait to examine the decree’s details before deciding whether to end the encampment. “The streets, this encampment and all the others currently across the country are engaging in a historic standoff with the government,” union spokesperson Alicia del Río said. Abascal’s family began renting the apartment in 1956, according to Spanish media. After the building changed hands in 2018, she was offered the chance to buy the unit but could not afford it, the union said. Urbagestión, an investment fund that later acquired the apartment, increased her rent from 500 euros to 2,650 euros, then reduced it to 1,650 euros — still beyond her means on a pension. The company did not respond to requests for comment. Protest encampments have also appeared in cities including Seville, Málaga, Santiago de Compostela and Palma de Mallorca. The conservative-led regional government in Madrid has asked the national government’s delegate to clear the Puerta del Sol encampment within 48 hours, with a possible court action to follow. Organizers have called for more demonstrations over the weekend.