evictions

Family living in Madrid left homeless after city council ‘mistakenly knocks down house it believed was lying empty’

SUDDEN demolition in Cañada Real neighbourhood sparks outrage after residents say authorities tore down occupied homes without warning, leaving two families displaced. A family of

15 Apr, 2026 @ 14:34

Lead·Madrid·Other News

Home demolished ‘with cat still inside’ at the Costa del Sol’s controversial Plan Larios – 80 under threat families seek answers from Nerja town hall

A SPANISH landowner has started bulldozing homes on protected farmland to make way for a golf macroproject on the Costa del Sol. Sociedad Azucarera Larios

5 Feb, 2026 @ 17:20

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Property

Squatters find new way to beat evictions in Spain after law change

Is this the end of squatting in Spain? All you need to know about the new rules on evictions coming into effect this week

A MAJOR change in Spanish law that allows property owners to remove squatters far quicker than before comes into effect on Thursday. The important modification

31 Mar, 2025 @ 15:38

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Maria Muñoz, who is set to be evicted from her Cadiz home of 57 years

Grandmother in Spain who was facing eviction to make way for tourist flats is saved by local football team

A LOCAL football team has come to the rescue of an 88-year-old resident of Cadiz, who was facing eviction from her home of the last

24 Jun, 2024 @ 16:21

Cadiz·Lead

Outrage after 88-year-old woman in Spain’s Andalucia is told to leave her home so it can be turned into a tourist apartment

THE plight of an 88-year-old resident of Cadiz, in Spain’s Andalucia region, has sparked outrage and action among locals, given that she is being forced

16 May, 2024 @ 13:58

Cadiz·Lead

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

A 78-YEAR-OLD woman has been evicted from the home in Barcelona where she has been living since 1968 over an unpaid debt, sparking outrage on

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:56

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Squatter removers are accused of strong-arm tactics after ‘assaulting tenants’ and ‘robbing homes’ in southern Spain

POLICE are investigating eight employees of an unnamed company that evicts squatters for assaulting tenants of a dozen homes in the Murcia district of La

27 Jan, 2024 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors

A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered it

7 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Explainer: What will the government’s planned housing law mean for landlords and tenants?

THE SPANISH government has been negotiating a proposed housing law for months, if not years, and the deal that has been hammered out between parties

15 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Algeciras families to receive first 100 litres of water for free, mayor says

Families earning less than €967.95 a month will receive 100 free litres of water a day

30 Nov, 2015 @ 08:43

Cadiz

Madrid mayor vows to block home evictions of 2,000 families

Public housing tenants faced losing their homes to so-called vulture fund investors

2 Aug, 2015 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Politics·Property

Shocking stats reveal 184 Spaniards a day lost their homes in 2013

Latest figures reveal the true extent of the eviction epidemic in Spain

29 Mar, 2014 @ 09:15

Lead·National News

Andalucian government stops the eviction of four families

Government takes legal steps to keep roof over families heads

30 Oct, 2013 @ 14:30

Almeria·Granada·Property

Sevilla’s indomitable spirit

Right now Sevilla, Andalucia and Spain at large is a place where you can feel the civil unrest bubbling underneath the surface

4 May, 2013 @ 21:43