New episode of real estate mobbing in the neighborhood of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera. This time with angry neighborhood response. The few tenants who remain at number 16 Giralt el Pelliser Street report that the false squatters installed in the property for months caused another flood this weekend, and that they again poured a lot of water bottles into the floor so that The jets fell through the corners of the house below. The intimidations are constant.
What happens is that on this occasion the anger led these neighbors to confront the supposed squatters and then as a family and all together go to the offices of the representative of the commercial company that last April took over most of the property. . This businessman says he has nothing to do with this building. And other characters in this tragicomedy have been assuring them for weeks that they are the new owners of the property or at least part of it, but for now they have not been presented with any document to corroborate it. Furthermore, like the Guadiana, they appear and disappear unexpectedly.
The truth is that there were moments of tension in front of the offices in question. They found the businessman toasting with some friends. Soon several residents from the surrounding area joined the concentration that suddenly turned into a riot. Those from 16 are convinced that this businessman sent the false squatters to make their lives miserable until they leave. First, they say, he set up some huge works without the relevant permits, “and just after the City Council suspended them, the false squatters arrived.”
These neighbors understand that they want to evict them to set up tourist apartments, more or less what happened in the neighboring properties. We are just behind the Santa Caterina market. In fact, the rush of tourists carrying suitcases through the businessman’s offices is very common. In the neighborhood, fed up with this type of practices, many are planning much more forceful protest actions. The issue, however, is no longer limited to these streets.
These days, the ERC municipal group processed a request for the government of Mayor Jaume Collboni to “activate all the protocols available to protect the tenants of this property from the real estate harassment they suffer.” The City Council’s own firefighters confirmed these signs of mobbing in a recent report. Municipal sources indicate that the City Council is following the case very closely and will carry out the corresponding actions. Neighbors are anxiously awaiting to know the progress of the municipal investigations.
