The housing encampment will continue, for now, in front of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's headquarters. The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) this Wednesday rejected the regional Government's request to force the Government Delegation to evict those who remain in Puerta del Sol. It is the second judicial setback for the Community in three days.
Ayuso had gone to court after demanding that the Government delegate, Francisco Martín, dissolve the protest. First, she requested an urgent order, without hearing the other party, which the TSJM rejected on Monday. The magistrates then studied the request as a precautionary measure, received the allegations from the Delegation, and have again denied it.
The resolution states that the Community has not proven the administrative inactivity on which it bases its appeal. To resort to the legal channel chosen by the Madrid Executive, there must be a specific obligation to act and the foreseen period for claiming its fulfillment must have elapsed. In this case, the Chamber explains, the three months required by that procedure have not yet passed.
The judges have ruled on the precautionary measures. The main appeal will continue its course, and this Wednesday's decision also does not determine how long the encampment will remain in Sol. What it does rule out is forcing the eviction now through the request presented by the Community. The regional Government is considering appealing the order and maintains its demand that the Delegation lift the protest.
Ayuso demands eviction and the Delegation defends a proportionate intervention
The Madrid president describes the encampment as "illegal" and maintains that it harms merchants, residents, and visitors. She has also accused Pedro Sánchez of turning Sol into a "political camp." The Madrid City Council shares her request to remove the tents set up in the square.
The Government Delegation has defended a different response before the court. According to its allegations, it has enabled passages for pedestrians and emergency services, protected access to public transport, and acted in response to incidents that have occurred. The State Attorney's Office maintains that forcible eviction must be the last resort and that the lack of prior communication of the protest, by itself, does not oblige its dissolution.
In Sol, several groups coexist, so the continuity of the encampment also depends on their own assemblies. The Tenants' Union, which promoted the protest after Maricarmen's eviction, has reduced part of its presence, but its spokesperson Alicia del Río stated on Monday that the movement will not take "a single step back" in the face of the early election. Other participants have expressed their intention to remain in the square. The rains of recent days delayed the planned meetings to decide the next steps.
The socialist spokesperson in the City Council, Reyes Maroto, celebrated the order with a message directed at Ayuso and the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida. "Sol remains standing. Ayuso and Almeida should dedicate to guaranteeing housing the effort they put into evicting those who demand it," she wrote. Maroto demands solutions for those who ask for a home and reproaches both leaders for treating the protest as a public order problem.
Sol sigue en pie. Ayuso y Almeida deberían dedicar a garantizar vivienda el empeño que ponen en echar a quienes la reclaman.
— Reyes Maroto (@MarotoReyes) October 7, 2026
La respuesta a quienes piden un hogar tiene que ser soluciones. Criminalizar su protesta solo demuestra que no han entendido nada.https://t.co/GVPo9Fv4Ia
Hispanidad concerts leave Sol
The permanence of the encampment has already altered the plans of the Madrid Government for October 12. The Ministry of Culture has moved ten Hispanidad 2026 concerts that were planned for Puerta del Sol to the Madrid Río esplanade. The rest of the performances scheduled for Plaza Mayor and Plaza de España maintain their locations.
The tents began to be set up in Sol after the mobilization for the eviction of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old woman who had to leave the home in the Retiro neighborhood where she had lived since 1956. The protest has placed the housing access crisis in the center of the square where the headquarters of the regional Executive is located.
The Government has once again approved the housing decrees rejected last week in Congress, whose validation is still pending. While the parties negotiate these measures and the encampment decides how its mobilization will continue, the TSJM has nullified Ayuso's attempt to obtain an immediate judicial order to clear Sol.
