Two weeks ago, five strangers broke into Marlo’s home and started recording the event with their cell phones. They pulled out a piece of paper, laid it on the table, and forced him to sign it. The document reads “I promise to leave my house at the address below”. that day, heemployees of the squatting company They warned him he had 14 days to leave, otherwise they said they would come and kick him out. That’s what happened, according to Marlo’s complaint. This woman mistook them for police because of their clothes and opened the door, although she reported it to the police station, the men came today.
They arrived at 12 in the morning and did not leave until 20 hours. They’ve been harassing Marlo to leave the house for eight hours. “Twice they cut off my water and electricity, they tried to break the door with blows, and at one point they said, ‘either get out now or we’ll kick you out tonight’.“, condemned those affected.
Marlo is not a slum, he is a criminal tenant. He is 65% disabled due to bone disease, but he always refused to be given a disability. The translator speaks five languages and has lived and worked in Spain for 23 years. “I didn’t know where social services were until now,” she explains.
However, his condition worsened a year ago and he fell ill. He lost his job and was unable to pay his rent in mid-2022. He currently needs regular blood transfusions and a stove to keep his bones warm due to his osteonecrosis.. He also has a hired person, Josep, who helps him take care of himself. “The electricity went out twice today and it’s fatal for him because he needs a stove to keep his bones warm,” explains a lawyer from the Housing Rights Office in Valencia (rubbed) who is leading the case?
His landlady filed an eviction suit against him, but Valencia 29th first-instance court suspended it until June, which could be extended until December, according to the vehicle you can consult elevator-EMV, de Prensa Ibérica, acknowledging the government’s social shield.
So, a judge has decided that Marlo should stay at home until at least June. And since it has been proven that they have nowhere to go, they stay and look for an alternative. “But my landlady didn’t like the punishment at all and paid a company to come and illegally fire me, I had an anxiety attack today,” she says.
The company appearing in the document accessible to this newspaper It has a financial center in Madrid and a “non-existent” phone number when trying to communicate with them in this way.
neighborhood union pressure
“When Marlo arrived, we explained who these people were, stated that they were illegal, and prepared him for today. We told him not to open the door in any way.‘, explains the city council’s lawyer.
That’s what he did. Then he called the local police. “They went upstairs and told me they couldn’t do anything, that I stopped paying and had to go.” complaint. He says he told them there was a court order that said he had the right to stay at home until July, but despite this, the police did not evict the company that vacated the house. “The police told me to go, or it would have been worse,” she says. He also called the Police and the same operation took place. La Nacional escorted the company to the edge of the portal, but they were still there.
Activists around 15:00 Valencia Housing Association and Orriols Neighborhood Association to prevent evacuation. According to an activist from the neighborhood association who was there that afternoon, as dozens of people gathered, the company decided to leave around 8:00 PM, announcing that they would try the evacuation again this Friday.
Regarding the signed paper, according to Marlo’s complaint, Generalitat Valenciana’s lawyers specializing in housing rights, under pressure, explain: This has no legal validity, it is just a precaution taken to put pressure on the tenants,” he said. An Ovdi lawyer went to the door of Marlo’s home to prevent the invading company from continuing, even explaining that there was a judicial decision that the victim should not leave the house until June.
second complaint
marlo He has already reported 5 people who entered his house two weeks ago. He went to the courts to file a complaint again this morning and said that “in court they told me they already have several open cases in Valencia”.
Marlo highlights the shapes of the five people. all pretty stocky men, behind the door. “They told me they wanted to talk and find a solution, but it’s clear that five guys like this didn’t come to negotiate,” he accuses.
Marlo explained “convicted of being sick” and he criticizes that he’s never had to seek welfare benefits before. But he complains, “I have to experience it the first time I fall.” She explains that she plans to recover soon and continue working. He currently receives a pension that gives him nothing to rent in Valencia, but does not want to live on subsidies. “I love to work, I want to feel useful.‘ he claims.