Every week we hear about cases, instances, concrete cases of vulture funds’ greed for humble defenseless tenants. It is important that television provides visibility to these completely unprotected citizens.
A week ago, reporter gonzo (‘Salvados’, La Sexta) was on the ground Elisenda, In the heart of Barcelona’s Eixample, at Casa Orsola. He has been paying rent religiously for 32 years. Now the property is owned by a Spanish investment fund (Lioness Inversiones) and they will throw it away. “They don’t want tenants like us, they don’t care. They’re short-term tenants and they want rents to go up.” sort of Elisenda. The mental, emotional and psychological trauma she has experienced is frightening. He gets up every morning with fear, anxiety, not knowing whether he will reach the night. They can be put on the street at any time of the day and left in the open, without a roof. I saw this case sitting comfortably at home and fidgeted in my chair. And I realized that getting angry is important. Let the television remind us to be angry. Because we’ve already forgotten the ‘Indignez-vous’ he wrote, sang, shouted, Stephane Hessel.
I’m angry again about a case that ‘La Sexta Explica’ taught us this week. about AntonyThe 85-year-old pensioner and his 82-year-old wife, Mari, managed to break into an apartment in an officially protected building 23 years ago. at Alcorcon. They have a very modest pension and have accepted a rent of 200 euros. After some time, the Community of Madrid sold the property to the Blackstone fund. How can a protected property be sold to a private fund? The result: the rent has risen to 650 euros and they are threatening an increase of 60%. we see Antony in her apartment mary, drink coffee. said: “This is a war against a giant. They will evacuate us. They don’t even act like vultures. The vulture glides through the sky and waits for its prey to die before launching itself. In our case, they have no patience. With our 82 and 85 years old, I swear!, if they wait a bit … ».
Antonio may be in his eighties, but the ironic, frightening, and highly accurate vulture analogy shows that he has perfect brain cells. I don’t know if the vulture has already jumped on them as I write these lines. Anger is necessary but not sufficient.