I see a lot of people here claiming that the okupas only affect landlords and banks. Here for example is an article in Spanish that tells the account of an 82-year old pensioner who's house was taken from him (occupied) while he was out visiting a friend in hospital.
I myself have also heard from friends in various cities in Spain of neighbour's apartments being taken also. I'm even aware of some apartments even in my small city that have been occupied.
The fact of the matter is that these lax laws harm many ordinary people. This cannot be argued.
There are a few factors causing the housing crisis but I will not comment more on this as to not go off-topic further.
However I don't think the laws allowing okupas help the housing problem at all and are in fact dangerous and just cause more harm to ordinary, hard-working people. They need to be changed.
https://www.antena3.com/noticias/sociedad/vuelve-hospital-vi...
I myself have also heard from friends in various cities in Spain of neighbour's apartments being taken also. I'm even aware of some apartments even in my small city that have been occupied.
The fact of the matter is that these lax laws harm many ordinary people. This cannot be argued.
There are a few factors causing the housing crisis but I will not comment more on this as to not go off-topic further.
However I don't think the laws allowing okupas help the housing problem at all and are in fact dangerous and just cause more harm to ordinary, hard-working people. They need to be changed.