No poder entrar a tu propiedad con un bate de baseball y sacarlos a palos es sin duda lo peor de todo el tema de los ocupas
Problem? Lo único que sé es que Securitas se está forrando exagerando el resultado lógico de la ola de desahucios y los ridículos precios de la vivienda.
There is not such a problem in Spain. It does happen, as in many other countries, but not with the frequency some right-wing politicians and media would have you believe.
There’s no such problem.
Okupas use to ever on homes that have been unoccupied for a long time. Usually property of banks, from unsold new buildings or from people who couldn’t afford the mortgage.
Now as those homes were unoccupied for so long time, they remain unnoticed. When the banks of big property owners notice, they have been living there for some time, making it their home and Spanish laws regarding rights for a home protects them. Sure, finally the owners will win that home back, but it can be costly and the procedure can take several years.
If it’s your first home, or even the second one, and you notify the police, in a couple days they’ll be out.
But big property owners and bank and pressuring the government to make laws so they can kick them faster and cheaper, and many articles exaggerate the problem to create a false sense of danger, even making people think they can go buy groceries and find their home occupied. Security companies selling alarms are also making nose as their sales go higher as people believes that bullshit.
BTW, there’s also people renting their properties or even rooms illegally. Then the people stops paying them (either with intention to occupy it, or having problems with the owner with impossible renting conditions or abusive price raise) and without contracts or anything proving the contractual relationship, they refuse to leave.
Then the owner claims they took over his home and says they are occupying it trying to get them evicted.
For real, if it’s the home where you are living, changes of getting it occupied are close to none. Specially when it’s easier for them to just find a bank owned home and stay there for years unnoticed.
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No poder entrar a tu propiedad con un bate de baseball y sacarlos a palos es sin duda lo peor de todo el tema de los ocupas
Problem? Lo único que sé es que Securitas se está forrando exagerando el resultado lógico de la ola de desahucios y los ridículos precios de la vivienda.
There is not such a problem in Spain. It does happen, as in many other countries, but not with the frequency some right-wing politicians and media would have you believe.
There’s no such problem.
Okupas use to ever on homes that have been unoccupied for a long time. Usually property of banks, from unsold new buildings or from people who couldn’t afford the mortgage.
Now as those homes were unoccupied for so long time, they remain unnoticed. When the banks of big property owners notice, they have been living there for some time, making it their home and Spanish laws regarding rights for a home protects them. Sure, finally the owners will win that home back, but it can be costly and the procedure can take several years.
If it’s your first home, or even the second one, and you notify the police, in a couple days they’ll be out.
But big property owners and bank and pressuring the government to make laws so they can kick them faster and cheaper, and many articles exaggerate the problem to create a false sense of danger, even making people think they can go buy groceries and find their home occupied. Security companies selling alarms are also making nose as their sales go higher as people believes that bullshit.
BTW, there’s also people renting their properties or even rooms illegally. Then the people stops paying them (either with intention to occupy it, or having problems with the owner with impossible renting conditions or abusive price raise) and without contracts or anything proving the contractual relationship, they refuse to leave.
Then the owner claims they took over his home and says they are occupying it trying to get them evicted.
For real, if it’s the home where you are living, changes of getting it occupied are close to none. Specially when it’s easier for them to just find a bank owned home and stay there for years unnoticed.
Never trust banks, or landlords.