https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The proposed eviction of an elderly couple who are deaf and dumb and can’t read or write because they unwittingly acted as guarantors for their son’s bank loan has sparked public outcry in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20161011/elderly-deaf-and-dumb-couple-face-eviction-over-sons-debt Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:52:16 +0200 elderly-deaf-and-dumb-couple-face-eviction-over-sons-debt There were riots for a second night in a row in the Gràcia neighbourhood of the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20160525/barcelona-squatters-eviction-bank Wed, 25 May 2016 11:36:56 +0200 barcelona-squatters-eviction-bank The town hall of Barcelona on Friday called a halt to the demolition of an illegally occupied building after four nights of violent protests followed their decision to evict residents. https://www.thelocal.es/20140530/barcelona-town-hall-backs-down-over-protests Fri, 30 May 2014 17:59:00 +0200 barcelona-town-hall-backs-down-over-protests Spanish police charged at youths who attacked their vans and lit fires in a second night of riots over the demolition of a popular Barcelona squat, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140528/clashes-continue-after-barcelona-squat-eviction Wed, 28 May 2014 20:26:55 +0200 clashes-continue-after-barcelona-squat-eviction The full scope of Spain's evictions epidemic has been revealed in figures from the General Council of the Judiciary which show that 67,189 people lost their homes in 2013. https://www.thelocal.es/20140328/184-spaniards-are-evicted-from-their-homes-every-day Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:59:00 +0100 184-spaniards-are-evicted-from-their-homes-every-day Doris Perez broke into tears when she heard she could stay a fortnight more in the Spanish apartment she has occupied, amid a mass protest to save her and scores of others from eviction. https://www.thelocal.es/20131017/tearful-tenants-win-eu-home-eviction-reprieve Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:26:00 +0200 tearful-tenants-win-eu-home-eviction-reprieve A family in the northern Spanish village of Azuara have lost half of their belongings after eviction agents pillaged their home by mistake. https://www.thelocal.es/20130926/bank-evicts-family-from-wrong-house Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:43:00 +0200 bank-evicts-family-from-wrong-house A campaign called "Cents for a miracle" has seen participants travel the length and breadth of the Canary Island of Tenerife in search of as much loot as possible to prevent two families from being evicted from their homes. https://www.thelocal.es/20130826/robin-hoods-to-stop-evictions-with-700kg-of-coins Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:19:00 +0200 robin-hoods-to-stop-evictions-with-700kg-of-coins The Spanish government said Friday that it would invest €2.4 billion over the next three years to help the poor gain access to rental housing and renovate buildings to boost the stricken construction sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20130406/spain-drafts-2-4bn-euro-plan-for-housing Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:41:00 +0200 spain-drafts-2-4bn-euro-plan-for-housing The number of mortgages granted to homeowners in Spain plunged by a third to a record low in 2012, the national statistics office said on Wednesday in the latest indicator of the property-driven finance crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20130307/spanish-mortgages-hit-record-low Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:33:00 +0100 spanish-mortgages-hit-record-low Spain's eviction crisis is now affecting its bird population after 39 feathered families were kicked out of their nests by parish priests in the village of Alcolea de Cinca, in northern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130305/fowl-play-by-priests-forces-storks-out-of-their-nests Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:26:00 +0100 fowl-play-by-priests-forces-storks-out-of-their-nests A retired couple in Spain killed themselves on Tuesday because they faced eviction, police have said, as lawmakers considered legislation to save ruined homeowners from being thrown into the street. https://www.thelocal.es/20130213/pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:13:00 +0100 pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote