Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem

Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem by redeeman on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:25PM (#40603056)

so you're saying if i book a flight to spain tomorow, find someone who has JUST moved into a house, perhaps scouting for moving trucks, scream loudly, call police and say they threw me out by force, the guy just moving into his new house will be hauled away to jail and presumed guilty? no, that is not how it is.

what will happen is, police will come, you are in your house, some idiot claims to have legal right to the house, he cannot present SHIT, and at worst he will file some police report about you throwing him out, of which you might be fined.

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Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem by rdtsc on Friday June 07, 2024 @02:11AM (#40605769)

> call police and say they threw me out by force, the guy just moving into his new house will be hauled away to jail and presumed guilty? no, that is not how it is.

That’s silly. You have scope out the place with your friends, and then wait till they leave for the weekend somewhere then break in and change the locks.

He might be hauled away if you manage to provoke him to hurt you, or cut your electricity, water. There is this idea that the squatters are all ignorant people. A lot are quite well educated on the legal aspects of the operation, have accomplices, and know exactly what to say and act when confronted.

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