Movements in the neighborhood, tenants’ trade unions and social platforms gathered together to demand immediate decisions of the housing crisis in the country. “Fear has changed to the side: we do not need more changes, we are organized, and we have Plan against rent“The organizers of these protests, which make the main Spanish streets of orange and green are distinctive colors of movement.
This mobilization is a historical milestone, since this is the first that will be performed simultaneously in many places, ten years after mass protests against evictions. “This demonstration occurs after many months of conversation; We wanted to be decentralized that everyone will come out at the same time and paralyze the condition. The idea is that this is the first day of a new place of protests, ”the organizers explains.
Main claims to move
- Immediate decrease in lace prices, Turning to a reduction to 50%.
- Restoration of “all empty houses”Field
- Illegal Landfills of companiesField
- The ban on eviction vulnerable families.
- The end of the uncontrolled proliferation tourist apartmentsField
Canary Islands throughout the country: The origin of protests
Mobilization began in April 2023 in the Canary Islands, where residents went outside to demand a “stable” tourist model and condemn the lack of housing solutions. “Housing has become a luxury There are very few families within the reach, ”Tenerife tenants said.
Subsequently, the initiative was supported Malaga With the slogan “Malag to live so as not to survive”, and then MadridIN BarcelonaIN Valence And BilbauAmong other cities.
The housing situation in Spain has reached critical levels. According to the trade unions of the tenants,“Lace registered anxiety increase with An increase by more than 18% over the past two yearsThe wage field, for its part, remains at the same level. “
In some areas, such as Ibiza,“Revenue prices exceed 100% of the usual salary in many cases“At the same time in others, such as Kassez,” income increased last year by 17% in the city and 27% at the provincial level. “
Mass tourism and real estate speculations: main goals
The movements of citizens directly indicate Uncontrolled tourist model and real estate speculation As a cause of the crisis. The city model is spacious, having expelled the area, because the tourism industry explores our areas ”, condemns the platform“ València No Ent Sale ”(Valencia is not for sale).
In regions such as the Canary Islands and Boal, the situation is especially serious of the geographical restrictions and tourist pressure. “We are faced with an unprecedented emergency in housing: Evictions, unsurpassed lace and speculation with housing, while the population does not have access to this fundamental law, ”the Cannes complains.
Previous actions to manifest
In different parts of the country, symbolic actions that preceded the great mobilizationField in Madrid, The metro dawned on stations with Names such as Casa Del Banco, Tramerers, Precariedad or Derecho. IN Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSimbley sculptures were intervened with posters and stripes.
The organizers are sure that mobilization April 5 will celebrate the turning point in the struggle for the right to decent housingIN accessible And stable In Spain, they become a “historical” manifestation that will begin a new stage in social claims for housing.