After several delays in dismissal, a family is evicted in Anoeta (Gipuzkoa), where a continuing threat of expulsion forces it to leave the village. The Tolosaldea Housing Union has denounced that "there has been a disguised eviction because of the landlord's willingness to increase his profits."

Police forces illegally attempted to throw the family home on 26 May. Subsequently, the expulsion date was set for 12 June, but the members of the Housing Union reported that they had managed to postpone this date provisionally. Subsequently, by 12 July, yesterday, the date of eviction has been fixed.

Business

"Three years ago the landlord raised us 150 euros the rent price, an excessive increase that we could not accept," said one of the family members who was fired in explaining how eviction occurred: "Although we paid the previous price, the landlord launched the eviction." In addition, the owner has demanded the family pay EUR 4,800, arguing that so far he has not achieved all the benefits he wanted.

"The owners, at the expense of the impoverishment of the workers, have many resources to do business. An example of this is the high prices of rents or price rises, the existing judicial means to carry out evictions, and the resources they use outside the margins of the law, with total impunity", said the members of the Housing Union.

Difficulties for an alternative

The family also points out that it has struggled to find another home and access a residential alternative. The City Council of Anoeta has not offered any real alternatives either, they report. "Institutional constraints to address evictions and housing problems are evident. What institutions can do, at best, can be limited to the management of misery, while the benefits of banks, vulture funds and renter middle classes persist," the Housing Union stressed.

"The end of evictions and housing problems will only come with the end of capitalist society," he claimed: "In this regard, we appeal to address these problems, to address evictions, to strengthen union work to tackle collectively social problems, or to commit and demand the improvement of the living conditions of staff." The Housing Union has called for quality, free and universal housing against all evictions.