By Monica Uriel MADRID, 7 (Bloomberg) – The likely future mayors of Madrid and Barcelona, both supported by Podemos, negotiate with banks how to stop evictions, which have been steadily increasing since 2007. Madrid
candidate, former Judge Manuela Carmena, 71, and Barcelona, Ada Colau, 41, committed campaigning for an end to the evictions for nonpayment.
Before entering politics Colau unveiled activist Platform Affected by Mortgage (PAH), which carries out actions to prevent evictions forced.
evictions not stop growing in Spain since 2007, when the crisis began.
In the first quarter of 2015 there were 18,869 evictions, representing an increase of 2.1% over the first three months of 2014, as stated in a report on the effects of the crisis released last Friday by the General Council of the Judiciary.
Of these, 9,917 were ordered evictions for non-payment of rent and 8,178 for unpaid mortgage.
Between 2013 and 2015 the courts ordered evictions 154,000. Before being invested as mayor, what is likely to happen on the 13th, Carmona met with the president of Bankia, Jose Ignacio Gorigolzarri.
Was the first meeting of Carmena with the heads of major financial institutions, to trying to reassure and explain the policies developed. Carmena has pledged to put “all means and municipal resources for the suspension of evictions and forced evictions first home”.
This promises to launch a mortgage brokerage office to liaise with the courts.
has also committed to expanding “the public rental housing stock to put into use the thousands of empty houses in the hands of the banks.” This aims to create a census to determine the number and condition of the empty properties so that they become public park rental apartments and social rent.
Goirigolzarri Carmena asked that the city of Madrid buy empty flats, but at market price. Financial institutions have not complied with social rental fee, fixed between 150 and 400 euros, required by the government in 2013.
The government estimated that 6,000 homes would be granted to rehouse the evicted families, but two years later There are 4,000 homes that are empty.
Colau said last week that one of his first acts, if invested mayor, will publicly call for financial institutions to demand to stop evictions and providing in social rent their empty homes.
political leader charged that “so far the council has spoken privately” with the banks, and branded as “serious” that has empty private homes, and “unacceptable” that the public has.
Colau warned that sanction banks with empty homes. UR / ACZ
07.06.2015 19:53
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