MADRID: Even before Spain’s economic crisis engulfed her home, Patricia Martin struggled to provide for her three children on her husband’s street sweeper salary of around 900 euros ($1,200) a month.
But after his hours were slashed and his income halved two years ago, the family has slipped dangerously towards a life of destitution in their tiny flat in Vallecas, a working class neighborhood in southern Madrid.
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