One day in the small shanty town he devours the Manacor racetrack: "We don't have any water. Can you give us some?"

ManacorFollowing 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.

A little further in, the lot turns to the right and reveals what the GPS map doesn't show: a small village of eleven shacks, joined together to form a U-shape, leaving a sort of small square or central street. These substandard dwellings are made up of blocks, pieces of wood taken from doors or shutters, fabric, asbestos-cement, and Styrofoam.

A fence marks the boundaries of the land (no more than 2,000 square meters), and a metal gate just over a meter and a half high prevents outsiders from entering. Inside, the only sounds heard are a girl with glasses and curls singing. She approaches the side wall that separates the rear of the houses from the adjacent lot. She stands on tiptoe and catches the attention of the man guarding the green-painted construction containers (heavily loaded, some empty).

"We don't have water. Can you give us some?" "Why?" the man replies, fretting behind his sunglasses. "Because my father will be home from work soon and won't be able to shower," the young woman adds, without much acrimony. It's then that he, aware of what's happening in the small town, criticizes the owner (who runs a call center in Manacor) for being the one who should take responsibility and not let them be like this.

This Tuesday, National Police officers arrived at the scene to check the condition of the substandard housing, facing the hospital and the Palma-Artà highway. An unhealthy space where several families who can't afford regulated rent in the city are struggling to survive.

This isn't the first time.

She tells him they don't have heat in the summer or cold in the winter. "Outside, there are days when it's very hot, but inside the houses, it's not." Some shacks have satellite dishes installed and have electricity. But it's clear that neither electricity nor water reach Son Rector legally.

The police came the other day... but it's not the first time; they usually come from time to time. Tomorrow the owner will come to fix things that have broken, you can hear them from afar. Maybe it's one of the last times before the place closes permanently. Who knows.

For now,The Government has opened proceedings that will lead to the opening of a sanctioning fileAccording to the Balearic Islands' Housing Law, the creation of substandard housing is classified as a very serious offense, punishable by fines ranging from €30,001 to €90,000 for each one. Therefore, property fines could reach almost €1 million in the worst-case scenario.