About 130 people will be evicted this Tuesday starting at 10:00 AM from the illegal settlement of La Joveria after the city council received permission from the competent court to enter, dismantle, and clean the plot.

The upcoming April 21st falls on a Tuesday; a normal working day for the inhabitants of Eivissa, a day marked in red in the City Council offices, a critical day for the inhabitants of the irregular settlement of La Joveria. The camp is located between the fairgrounds and the first ring road of Eivissa, just a 20-minute walk from the city center. In recent weeks, the Police have visited all the tents in the settlement and have delivered the notice to the inhabitants, one by one: on the 21st, at 10 in the morning, “the entry and dismantling of the settlement is planned, prior to the eviction of its occupants”. The mayor of Eivissa, the popular Rafa Triguero, has spoken forcefully about ‘illegal’ settlements in recent weeks; the word ‘firmness’ has been heard on several occasions.

Dozens of people gathered this Tuesday outside the courthouse on Vía de Alemania in Palma to show their support for those facing charges for trying to stop the eviction of a family with children in 2022. The legal proceedings, known as the Barraquer case, were resolved with a plea agreement that avoided a trial. The charge was resisting authority. The demonstration was organized by the Palma Housing Union (SHP), whose members displayed a banner with the slogan "Repression will only make us stronger" and chanted slogans such as "No people without homes, no homes without people."

The eviction of a disabled woman from her home in Sencelles, scheduled for Tuesday, was suspended by the judicial commission after accepting a written statement in which the woman argues, among other things, a lack of standing. The eviction was set for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, but the judicial commission, which had arrived at the woman's home—she has a 41% disability and now has ten days to file an appeal—halted the eviction. In the statement submitted to a court in Inca, the woman argues a lack of standing, since the eviction request was filed by a bank, although the property is registered in the name of an individual. The woman also points to her disability, as she had applied for legal aid, which was denied because the fact that she is currently in the process of separating, although she is listed as married, was not taken into account. The victim has also filed a complaint alleging she may have been scammed in the rental of the property, where she moved in last December.

The Palma City Council is still awaiting a response from the institutions to which it has sent official communications regarding the crisis caused by the eviction of the former Palma prison, where more than 200 people are registered as living. At the press conference following the Governing Board meeting, spokesperson Mercedes Celeste admitted that they do not have permanent solutions, but emphasized that they will be able to provide "temporary accommodation" to all those who voluntarily participate in the eviction process.

The eviction of the old prison of Palma It has already begun, as evidenced by a large tent set up by the Palma Local Police at the back entrance of the prison. Nearly 200 people, according to figures from the Palma City Council (Cort), will have to leave their homes in a few days, and the City Council has offered them "no housing solutions," according to everyone interviewed by ARA Baleares. "The only option they've given us is the street," laments a young man who prefers to remain anonymous.

The Palma City Council has begun the eviction process offormer Palma prison And next week, the nearly 200 people who live there will be evicted. This was announced by the First Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Tourism, Culture, Sports, and Municipal Coordination, Javier Bonet. Starting this Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. and continuing until Friday, the Police Local authorities, in conjunction with social services, will begin monitoring access to the facilities to identify its residents and compile an updated census. Anyone who fails to identify themselves at the access checkpoint will not be listed as a resident of the former prison and, starting Friday, will not be allowed to re-enter. On February 27, those previously identified will be notified that they must vacate the premises and will be given five days to submit any objections. Once the objection period ends, they will be given four days to leave the premises. "In the event of resistance, we will seek authorization from the courts," Bonet emphasized.

Cort wants to evict approximately 170 people who live in They are a gift (El Molinar) some land near Son Bordoy, where Pryconsa is slated to build a 750-unit housing development, a project mired in controversy. The latest involves notices sent to families living in the area ordering them to vacate their homes. Residents of Son Regalo are not affected by the construction of the new development, nor by the roadworks the Palma City Council plans to undertake to access it. In Son Bordoy, which is currently owned by the development company, only about 30 people, including children, live there without legal status, according to sources familiar with the case who spoke to ARA Baleares.

"Palma City Council wants to leave dozens of families in Son Bordoy homeless at a time of extreme emergency, without any housing alternatives, not to build houses or streets, but because they block the views of the new development," a lawyer representing the affected families, who requested anonymity, told ARA Baleares. They allege that the City Council wants to evict some of the residents of Son Bordoy who live on plots of land outside the area where they are being relocated. popular They intend to build 750 homes "solely for aesthetic reasons."

"Saturation," "social housing ghetto," and serious harm to the residents of El Molinar. These are some of the expressions the People's Party used 16 years ago against the same project. They are Bordoy which the municipal government is currently processing. Back in 2010, under the auspices of the well-known Carbonero Law (named after the Housing Minister in Francesc Antich's government), a strategic land reserve was being processed in Son Bordoy with the stated objective of facilitating affordable housing. On paper, the initiative aimed to address the difficulty of accessing housing in Palma. Civil society and the People's Party criticized this land rezoning for several reasons. The People's Party was particularly harsh and used arguments that were the exact opposite of those they are now defending.

In 1993 the Balearic Gypsy Christian Cultural Association requested the Palma City Council to grant it They are a new giftA municipally owned property of approximately 33,200 square meters, located in El Molinar (Palma), was requested for the purpose of carrying out promotional activities and interventions related to drug addiction and its subsequent reintegration. The Palma City Council (Cort) accepted the request, and on December 10, 1993, the then-mayor of Palma, Joan Fageda (PP), and the city councilor for Social Action, Bartomeu Oliver, signed a land use agreement, which ARA Baleares has obtained. Fageda's administration even evicted a squatter living on the Son Regalo property to make way for the organization. The squatter repeatedly refused to leave and even requested an extension from the Palma City Council to remain longer. He also proposed giving the organization the Son Fernando Nou property (located next to Son Regalo) as an alternative, but Cort rejected this proposal.

One October evening, as dusk fell, the local police arrived at Son Bordoy, a vast plot of land in the Molinar neighborhood where approximately 200 people live, including some with disabilities, victims of gender violence, and minors. "Two vans arrived, and I was scared. Suddenly, I asked what was happening, and they told me we had 10 days to leave the land," says Paco, a 24-year-old who has lived there and is registered as a resident for as long as he has. After all this time without having "any problems with anyone," as he claims, he now lives with the uncertainty of not knowing what will happen to his home.

Around twenty residents of Son Bordoy gathered this Monday in front of the Palma City Hall (Cort) to demand "decent housing alternatives" after receiving an eviction order last November. "I've lived here for 28 years, with my children and 11 grandchildren. At the end of November, the Palma Local Police came and told us we had 10 days to leave, but they didn't offer any solution, and the City Hall hasn't spoken to us either. We just want decent housing to live in like human beings," said Ángel Paredes. Paredes explained that 30 years ago he lived in a shack in El Molinar and moved to Son Bordoy because the former mayor of Palma, Joan Fageda, gave them permission to live on land that wasn't zoned for development. But now, the Palma City Council wants to build "nearly 750 homes," according to the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), and "none for these people, even though the City Hall knows they're there," they denounced. Similarly, PAH spokesperson Àngela Pons criticized the Palma City Council (Cort), saying that if the residents of Son Bordoy were to occupy the building, "the police would be there in a second." To offer a housing alternative to the residents of Son Bordoy, the PAH proposed that the City Council use part of the 2025 budget surplus to purchase prefabricated houses, but, according to Pons, the Palma City Council "has ignored the proposal." "What kind of City Council do we have, violating all human rights day after day?" the platform asked. "What will these families do?" they continued. "And, with the lack of affordable housing to rent or own, if they are forced to occupy, will they send the police through the anti-employment office? Shameless, isn't it?" they emphasized.

Several families facing eviction from the substandard housing in Son Bordoy, where they have lived for years, addressed Palma City Council on Thursday to protest their situation and demand alternative housing. "A lot of talk and little action," Ángela Pons, spokesperson for the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) of Mallorca, reproached the governing team during her speech. She lamented that the eviction would leave nearly 200 people homeless, including some with disabilities, victims of gender violence, and minors. The PAH demanded an urgent solution for these families from Mayor Jaime Martínez. "We don't belong to any party; we are part of the community," she asserted, adding that "the funniest thing" is that "these people voted for Vox."

This Friday at midday, the Stop Evictions platform in Mallorca attempted to prevent a woman and her two disabled children from being forced out of a ground-floor apartment on Sureda Street in Portocristo. According to sources from the group, the apartment they lived in had been reported by a neighbor who argued that it was a commercial space, not a residence. The contract they signed was for one year, renewable for up to five, "despite the fact that the law states it must be seven years when the landlord is a legal entity," the platform points out. After five years, the landlord reclaimed the apartment and, from then on, "didn't fix anything, neither the dampness nor other problems." Furthermore, the contract had been signed by the tenant's ex-partner, who has a restraining order against him and her two children. The group also denounces that the property owner "owns more than ten properties," a fact he allegedly "hidden" in the certificate attached to the lawsuit. They also suspect the possible "falsification" of a registry document. The woman didn't understand the dates of the eviction and the trial. "She was planning to attend the trial without a lawyer, unaware that she would be evicted before the trial for not having requested a public defender within the first three days after receiving the lawsuit," says the platform, which adds that the Social Services Department of the Manacor City Council "made an attempt in court" to stop the eviction with the family support case, but "the court ignored them." Helplessness

This Friday at midday, the Stop Evictions platform in Mallorca attempted to prevent a woman and her two disabled children from being forced out of a ground-floor apartment on Sureda Street in Portocristo. According to sources from the group, the apartment they lived in had been reported by a neighbor who argued that it was a commercial space, not a residence. The contract they signed was for one year, renewable for up to five, "despite the fact that the law states it must be seven years when the landlord is a legal entity," the platform points out. After five years, the landlord reclaimed the apartment and from then on "didn't fix anything, neither the dampness nor other problems." Furthermore, the contract had been signed by the tenant's ex-partner, who has a restraining order against him and her two children. The group also denounces that the property owner "owns more than ten properties," a fact he allegedly "hidden" in the certificate attached to the lawsuit. They also suspect the possible "falsification" of a registry document. The woman didn't understand the dates of the eviction and the trial. "She planned to go to the trial without a lawyer, unaware that she would be evicted before the trial for not having requested a public defender within the first three days after receiving the lawsuit," says the platform, which adds that the Social Services department of the Manacor City Council "made an attempt in court" to stop the eviction for this family, but "the court ignored them." Helplessness

Furthermore, the platform denounces the "defenselessness" of the woman and her two evicted children, a situation the group is considering reporting to the Congressional committee that oversees compliance with the Charter of Citizens' Rights before the Justice Administration. They assert that this Friday morning, court officials at the Court of First Instance Number 3 in Manacor refused to read the document submitted by the affected woman, which she had also previously sent yesterday to a court email address that has since changed, making it unrecoverable. In this document, the affected woman explains that the premises where she lives "are registered as a dwelling" and that, following the complaint received by the Manacor City Council's Urban Planning Department, she has been unable to access the file because she had not been notified. She also explains that, due to her status as a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her ex-partner, she has lost her job and is "not in a position to know" how to defend herself or understand the documents. She claims she didn't realize the trial date was after the eviction date and that the appointment she finally scheduled with a public defender was after the eviction planned for November 21st. Therefore, the woman requests the retroactive annulment of the proceedings due to her "extraordinary and exceptional circumstances stemming from the violence and harassment she suffered," or, failing that, the "suspension of the proceedings" to initiate the vulnerability claim provided for by law, with the aim of "having time to begin preparing and be able to prove that we are in a situation of economic and social vulnerability."

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A woman and her three children were evicted this Friday from a home in Son Gotleu, according to the Palma Housing Union. The eviction, scheduled for 8:30 a.m., took place this morning at number 76 Calle Tomás Rullán, where several people gathered to try to stop it, but without success.

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In Alaior, 56 families have faced eviction from their rental apartments on Avenida de la Virgen del Toro since the beginning of the year. The developer who built the building has gone bankrupt, leaving a debt of over €12 million. This situation has prompted the Mahón Court to put them up for auction. The tenants fear losing their leases and being forced to leave, but they are resisting. After knocking on every door of the Administration, they are clear that they will not give up. Currently, it is very difficult to find enough rental apartments to live in on the Menorcan real estate market.

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A judicial commission on Thursday executed the eviction of a mother and her minor son who were living in one of the substandard apartments on Joan Miró Street in Palma. These apartments are owned by a local police officer who was sanctioned by the government for renting them out.

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