The judge of first instance 39 of Barcelona orders the squatters to leave the Bonanova house, named La Ruïna, or else warns that they will be evicted by the police. This is established in the sentence handed down this Tuesday in which she agrees with the property, Sareb against the arguments of the squatters, who asked that the judicial process be paralyzed until they were offered social rent. “I order the defendant – the squatters – to immediately cease any act of disturbance of possession of the property, as well as to abandon the property, leaving it free, vacant and expeditious at the disposal of the plaintiff (Sareb) with a notice of release otherwise,” the ruling states. In addition, it gives a period of twenty days to the occupants to present an appeal before the Provincial Court. Once that period expires, a date will be set for the eviction.
Both houses served as electoral ammunition for the Ciudadanos, Valents and Vox parties – only VOX has ended up entering the City Hall – which called demonstrations against the occupation with the support of the Desokupa company. With this decision, the two adjacent occupied farms, La Ruïna and Kubo, already have an eviction order pending. Last March, the court ordered the evacuation of the other occupied farm, El Kubo, but it was postponed due to lack of security measures. The Mossos asked to carry out the device to expel the squatters jointly in both farms. In 2018, the building was evicted, but the squatters soon returned.
In the trial held last week, the lawyer for the squatters requested the suspension of the procedure until Sareb does not offer social housing to the people residing in the building, by virtue of what is established by the law on Urgent Measures to Deal with the Emergency Housing, which forces large landlords to offer social rent before an eviction.
The property summoned a mosso d’esquadra to testify, who explained that the occupation of the farm is not of a “welfare” nature, but ideological, and that therefore, it is not about vulnerable people. The judge has taken this statement into consideration to prove that “the disturbance in the possession of the property is clearly evident.” She recalls that the inspector said that they tried to evict the occupants and that “the current situation does not allow the owner to sell or rent or use it given the presence of outsiders, who fluctuate.”
