Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will...
by pvaldes on Thursday August 26, 2021 @06:07PM
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> What is the law in Spain for squatting?
Totally different as represented here. The "48h or is mine" for example is a rumor that journalists love to repeat, very good FUD element, but is false. The laws don't say that. Journalists know it of course, but they spread the rumor from time to time, because outrage attracts eyeballs.
This is a very local problem, maybe in tourist flaws, and empty houses or factories owned by banks, not so much to private homes, neither main or secondary. You can find outrageous cases in private homes involving vulnerable poor people that rent some room to the wrong people, or local politicians or judges that choose not to act, but is not the general rule. If you see some TV channels or tabloids it seems that is happening everywhere and that the police don't do anything of course, but it depends a lot on the place.
Totally different as represented here. The "48h or is mine" for example is a rumor that journalists love to repeat, very good FUD element, but is false. The laws don't say that. Journalists know it of course, but they spread the rumor from time to time, because outrage attracts eyeballs.
This is a very local problem, maybe in tourist flaws, and empty houses or factories owned by banks, not so much to private homes, neither main or secondary. You can find outrageous cases in private homes involving vulnerable poor people that rent some room to the wrong people, or local politicians or judges that choose not to act, but is not the general rule. If you see some TV channels or tabloids it seems that is happening everywhere and that the police don't do anything of course, but it depends a lot on the place.