Residents of number 16 Giralt del Pellisser street ask Barcelona City Council to evict once and for all the false squatters who for months have insisted on making their lives miserable. They claim that this spring the new owner of the property sent them, who is determined that they leave as soon as possible in order to convert the building into another complex of illegal tourist apartments, which is more or less what he already did in the two neighboring properties. . We are located in a privileged location, behind the municipal market of Santa Caterina.
“Since a few weeks ago the City Council announced that the owner of our building is also the alleged mastermind of the largest plot of illegal tourist flats ever seen in Barcelona and that he is also finalizing a record fine of up to 600,000 euros, we have had a lot of media attention. , political, public… But we know that this attention is ephemeral, and that if we don’t wake up we are lost. We have been living hell for almost a year. “They crushed us with major illegal works, they ruined our roofs with caused flooding, they cut our television antenna cable…” A few days ago La Vanguardia reported that despite the record sanction finalized by the City Council, this network was trying to reactivate its advertisements on the internet to continue its activities.
Hence the forcefulness of the demand of the tenants of 16 Giralt el Pellisser, that the City Council evict the supposed false squatters and stop this alleged case of real estate harassment. “The Urban Police and the Mossos are aware, but these cases tend to be very slow, and in these circumstances we tenants are always on the losing end. That the City Council evict the false squatters or provide us with decent housing. “We cannot continue living with this tension.”
Those affected believe that it is also time to request an extension of their rental contracts, even if it is as compensation. What happens is that it goes without saying that relations with the owner of the property are not exactly fluid. “In reality, it plays so much into confusion that at the moment we are not clear who is the formal owner of the property.”
“The City Council continues to offer all municipal services to support these neighbors and evaluate all possible actions,” sources from the City Council underline. In parallel, the sanctioning procedure and the open proceedings against this multi-offender are still underway. The inspection services, the Urban Police, other municipal departments involved and other administrations to which the information was transferred are following up on the case. “We will act with all firmness and forcefulness.”