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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - substandard housing]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Death visits Casa Lola, Ibizan paradigm of urban and tourist illegality]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/death-visits-casa-lola-ibizan-paradigm-of-urban-and-tourist-illegality_1_5869859.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/71581335-45ce-40bd-9461-747046b11129_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>His name was Valentín Cabrera Zaracho, he was 48 years old and was from Paraguay. He worked in construction from Monday to Friday and as a security guard on weekends. He was "very happy" because he had been able to legalize his status in the country during the Spanish government's recent regularization; he planned to bring his son to live with him in Ibiza. Death, in the form of a fire, caught him in his makeshift dwelling on the Casa Lola estate, in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, on Sunday, September 27, past 7 in the morning. With burns on 90% of his body, still conscious and suffering from extreme pain, he was evacuated by ambulance. He died at Can Misses the same day at 5 in the afternoon.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicent Tur]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:51:40 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Remains of the substandard housing at the Casa Lola property where Valentín Cabrera Zarancho died burned on September 27th.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A judge orders the eviction of the settlement after the death of a 48-year-old man in a fire. The Civil Guard has warned some residents that it could be executed on Tuesday]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Government begins a campaign against overcrowded apartments]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/the-government-launches-campaign-against-overcrowded-flats_1_5858533.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/31168b54-90dd-4fc6-8890-2c3dc537a629_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Government has launched a housing inspection campaign focused on combating overcrowding in apartments, substandard housing, and the fraudulent use of protected housing, among other infractions, within the 2026-2027 Housing Inspection Plan. This plan also includes an information campaign to help raise awareness of current regulations and the different types of infractions, the penalties provided for in each case, and the web channel for complaints on the Government portal, which is open to the public to report potential irregularities.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:01:31 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The minister José Luis Mateo and the general director José Francisco Reynés]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Since 2022, 120 homes have been inspected. The sanctions can be serious or very serious with fines of 3,000-30,000 euros]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Do you think that, if I collected all those rents, I would work in an internet café?"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/do-you-think-that-if-collected-all-those-rents-would-work-in-an-internet-cafe_128_5845608.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/17196521-4692-4f59-adae-579cdb7e7dcc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1060490.jpg" /></p><p>Belkacem Bouchouala Azirar attends to a woman who wants to charge her mobile phone while a couple has just entered to pick up a package. In just over two minutes, the shop, located on Avinguda del Torrent in Manacor, suddenly fills up. It is hot inside and there is only one ceiling fan to try to combat the humidity. "Do you think that, if I earned all that money they say, I would work every day in an internet cafe?", he reflects.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:26:56 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Belkacem Bouchouala shows a complaint.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Owner of the investigated properties]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They find a sub-standard dwelling in Manacor where 30 people lived together in precarious conditions]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/they-find-sub-standard-dwelling-in-manacor-where-30-people-lived-together-in-precarious-conditions_1_5842694.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e4ed41aa-9aeb-4e80-b3db-896a0157fff9_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.png" /></p><p>A joint inspection between agents of the National Police in Manacor and the Housing Inspection Service of the Government of the Balearic Islands, from the Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility, has located a dwelling where up to 30 people were living together, in a house in a precarious and still unfinished state, and which therefore did not offer optimal or safe conditions for people to live in.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:49:54 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[One of the rooms of the sub-housing in Manacor.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The joint inspection by the National Police and the Government has detected six rooms, a roof where up to six people were sleeping and various deficiencies in a 228 square meter property]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They seal a shack made with trailer trailers on a rustic plot in Petra]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/they-seal-shack-made-with-trailer-trailers-rustic-plot-in-petra_1_5751152.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/858cb4d1-0a0d-4bb7-a6e6-99bccbbbcad0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Petra City Council has sealed this week the construction of a dwelling made with two trailer cabins and located on rustic land. The infra-dwelling is located at the entrance of the municipality from the Felanitx road and consists of two internally connected heavy-duty truck trailers, a facade with a door and two windows, and a roof made of resin.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aina Vidal]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 May 2026 13:11:01 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The hut built with two trailers in Petra]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Mallorca has experienced an exponential increase in under-housing throughout the island due to the difficulty of accessing housing]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I grabbed my passport and fled": the account of those affected by the fire in a shantytown near Son Gotleu]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/alarm-and-traffic-jams-in-palma-due-to-fire-in-shanty-town-in-son-gotleu_1_5735982.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/5d536acb-fa24-4080-9e20-a0c0c45d7fb2_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>A fire declared this Wednesday afternoon in a shantytown located between Son Gotleu and the Vía de Cintura in Palma, near the Germans Escales sports center, has generated alarm among residents of the area and significant traffic jams. The fire, which has already been extinguished, started shortly before 3:30 PM and affected four or five shacks, although no fatalities or injuries were reported.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 May 2026 15:38:56 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Mohammed, one of the inhabitants of the village whose house has been affected by the fire.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[There have been no fatalities or injuries, but there have been various informal dwellings affected by the flames]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[One day in the small shanty town he devours the Manacor racetrack: "We don't have any water. Can you give us some?"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/one-day-in-the-small-shanty-town-he-devours-the-manacor-racetrack-we-don-t-have-water-can-you-give-us-some_1_5508099.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/700ea840-8380-43a2-ba07-7a19a7489481_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Following the path to Molí d'en Beió from the Mallorquín School, a few metres from the Manacor racecourse on the left, there is a narrow, stony passage that leads to the Son Rector estate houses: several abandoned, half-ruined buildings that, judging by the rough surface and the rough surface, appear to be inhabited.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:51:01 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The shanty town of Manacor]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Government will open a disciplinary procedure against the owner of the land, where eleven substandard housing units have been detected, and the fine could reach one million euros.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They rent rooms in Manacor shanties with shared bathrooms and inhumane conditions.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/they-rent-rooms-in-manacor-shanties-with-shared-bathrooms-and-inhumane-conditions_1_5507260.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/9fec014c-2158-4f5a-8dc2-594d45b4d5af_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The National Police have detected 11 substandard shanty towns in Manacor. They discovered that the owner of the land where these shacks were built charged large amounts of rent to the residents. National Police officers in Manacor conducted a joint inspection with the Housing Inspection Service of the Balearic Islands Government and the Ministry of Housing, Territory, and Mobility.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:15:38 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The interior of one of Manacor's slums]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The owner faces a fine of between 30,000 and 90,000 euros.]]></subtitle>
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