The spokesman for the Platform of People Affected by the Mortgage, Chema Ruiz, criticized Spain’s economic model that defends banks and leaves people with a huge debt, that of being unable to pay their home mortgages.
This situation has meant that there are six million empty houses in Spain while 400,000 families have no place to return at the end of the day.
Ruiz reiterated the need for efforts to ensure that housing is a right rather than a commodity, and that called people to fight against evictions rather than suicide.
He also demanded a moratorium on evictions, a foreclosed law retroactively applied and also toi form a public park in social rented housing.
Evictions have become a social tragedy in Spain and many cases led to suicides. Since the financial crisis began, more than 350,000 families have lost their homes over unpaid mortgage loans to the bank. Continue reading “Spain: 6m empties, 400,000 families on street, 500 evictions a day!!”
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