drama evacuations Doesn’t give quarters. despite Government-approved moratorium To prevent during the pandemic vulnerable families Take to the streets, the truth is that the courts in the province continue to evict people. An eviction that is often carried out without explicitly stating any of the social measures envisaged in the decree. In most cases, social reports What must be provided at the hearing depends on: Social services saturated with long waiting lists and social housing that must accommodate these families They are not there and are not expected.
Last year, the courts of the Alicante judicial district received an average of two eviction execution orders per day. More than 700 sentences were distributed. One quarter is due to non-payment of rent and the fourth is due to mortgage. Sources consulted by this newspaper stated that very few procedures were recorded”illegal residential occupations, but occasionally there are also vacant apartments owned by banks and vulture funds.
But in the case of private citizens the trickle continues. The same week, an Alicante court paralyzed the eviction process for the second time. Josefina lives in a rented house with her two children, one of whom is in a wheelchairin the neighborhood angels . «During the pandemic, I lost my job and experienced many delays in paying my rent. Even though I said I wanted to pay for everything, the landlord told me to look for another house. “I know this is not my home,” Josefina told this newspaper. When the contract period expired, the mechanism to carry out the eviction was activated. The eviction was stopped twice, the first time when Josefina and the vulnerable situation in which Josefina found themselves were raised before the court. «I want to pay but they need to give me an alternative because I can’t afford the current prices right now.» he assured. In the same week, the court was to rule for the second time, but lawyer Antonio Lucas said that he had not yet ruled on the vulnerability situation, so he was paralyzed again.
case drip
This return occurred the day before one person was evacuated. A 73 year old man It caused many injuries, including: Esquerra Unida Manuel Copé councilor. The police tried to clear the way for the judicial commission to carry out the launch. Likewise, this week, the case of another woman following her release Alicante City Council moved into a hostel with her husband and two daughters, but now she will be stuck on the street because the company said it couldn’t keep paying her. The situation that pushes them to stay on the streets.
“They sell us that evictions are paralyzing, but the truth is There’s a constant drip and there are very frequent evictions, both from apartments owned by vulture funds and by individuals,” he assured this newspaper. Raul Font member of Carolinas Barrier Association They have managed to stop some evictions by organizing several citizen mobilization protests in recent months. The font stated There are waiting lists for years From people expecting social rent. “They don’t want to be given anything, instead they want a normal rent that they can take on,” he said. He also wanted the society to be self-critical because, in his opinion, growth lies behind the increase in prices. tourist residence. “There are some people They are in business with a core benefit. “Those close to us and they need to know that the market is all of us,” he said. Font regretted that there were waiting lists for social housing that lasted for years. Rents increased by more than 10 percent in one year and they currently average around 1,400 euros per month.
The moratorium on evictions will be extended until December 2024 and will be valid if the person to be evicted can justify being here. social exclusion. “This is not an automatic process. This has to be proven in court and the owner has to prove that this is the case because There have been cases where the person to be evicted has more resources than the tenant.r”, explained to this newspaper José Vicente Puchol Member of the Civil Law section of the Alicante Şanlı Bar Association and horizontal property expert. The hearing came and Social Services still hasn’t released the vulnerability report.
Although statisticsl General Council of the Judiciary Judicial sources consulted by this newspaper state that the trend shows a slight decrease with the total data for 2023. Despite this, the province of Alicante leads the number of evictions in the entire Valencian Community. Although there has been a decrease in eviction rates this year, the decrease is estimated to be 16.4 percent. There are an average of 300 orders per quarter. President College of Lawyers, Pilar Fuentes, He pointed out that those who are usually present at street level in every eviction case: They noticed a decrease in evictions.
Vulnerability reports
In cases where a possible vulnerability is detected at the time of the release and the court does not decide, the release is usually paralyzed to be handed over to the judge. If there is a clear explanation and the magistrate does not prove this sensitivity, the eviction process is carried out. According to PuchoThese reports are delayed to the point that a case can be reached without documentation. “They should be there in ten days, but it will take much longer.” Puchol emphasized that municipal social services have reached saturation due to the large number of demands. “They are overwhelmed in Alicante, but other smaller cities have fewer cases but fewer resources as well,” he said.
According to him, another problem is that the Public Administration has not implemented a sufficient number of social housing. “It could take about five years to create more and they’re not being built right nowsaid. He reminded that there were many complaints in this sense. Greuges Ombudsman He was impressed that the needs were met but there was no home.
The lawyer, in accordance with the protocol, in this case big forks Those seeking eviction must go to mediation to reach a compromise. non-judicial solution. But some tenants had to prove that they were not major tenants. “An attempt is made to strike a balance between the rights of tenants and tenants, because at the same time There is no need for an individual to assume the Administration’s lack of resources. He said he let them stay at home.