Ara Balears in English - homeless

The PP will remove the homeless from Les Vies park, but assures that "they will have their solution"

Laura López Rigo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:35:06 +0000

To create part of Palma's future botanical garden, the PP in Palma City Council will have to remove the people who currently reside in the Parc de les ViesHowever, the Popular Party spokesperson in the Consell de Mallorca, Núria Riera, assured the island institution this Thursday during its plenary session that the residents of the area "will have their solution." The Consell approved this Thursday the free transfer of the 13,005-square-meter plot of land located between the Ma-20 road, the Inca-bound lane of the Ma-23 road, the Palma-Manacor railway line, and the Na Bàrbara stream to the Palma City Council for the development of the Ciutat Botanical Garden project, which is being completed. Retreat Houses of Bellver Castle, which will have 31,543 square meters.

Homelessness, a symptom of collective failure

Editorial ARA Balears — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:24:08 +0000

In Mallorca, homelessness has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a structural symptom of collective failure. Along the highways, under the bridges of the ring road, on vacant lots, and in almost invisible corners of Palma, tents, shacks made of plastic and wood, and camper vans—which are, in reality, another facet of the same precariousness—are multiplying. And yet, public administrations continue to act as if all this doesn't exist or as a mere anecdote. They don't know how many settlements there are, how many people live there, what their conditions are, or what their needs are. And if you don't know, it doesn't exist, and you can't offer solutions. Ignorance is, all too often, a mechanism of institutional defense.

Homelessness is getting out of the Administration's control.

Laura López Rigo — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:23:42 +0000

The number of homeless people continues to rise in Mallorca – it should be noted that cages and caravans are included within the category of homelessness. From 2019 to 2023, the increase was 112%: five years ago there were 207 people, two years ago there were already 440, more than double, according to data from the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) – this figure is not exact, because it only includes people who are physically present.