As turmoil continues in Spain over the death of Maricarmen Abascal just two weeks after the 87-year-old woman was removed from her Madrid home following her eviction, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said there could be no doubt as to who was to blame for the ongoing housing crisis.

Emergency housing laws, which were passed into legislation after he dissolved parliament and called a snap election for 29 November, would "stand up to vulture funds," Sanchez said on 6 October.

The measures would "target only those who regard housing as just another commodity to be speculated on," he added.

With rents rising 44 per cent and house prices skyrocketing 58 per cent in five years, protesters called for an end to speculation by so-called "fondos buitre", which means vulture funds, blamed by many for a significant number of evictions such as Abascal's.

However, many in the southern European country are struggling to identify these supposed predators.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dissolved parliament and called…