Elderly Woman Faces Eviction: Olga's Dire Situation

Olga is an elderly resident of Alicante, facing health issues, who this Tuesday, May 27, is confronted with the potential eviction from her home. The house she has lived in for over 20 years was purchased by an investment fund, and now they seek to evict her.

According to the Barri Syndicate, the woman lacks alternative housing, a fact documented in a recently updated vulnerability report. Despite this, activists claim the judge overseeing the case has disregarded this document, and the proceedings continue.

For this reason, the entity has called on citizens to gather in front of the affected person's building, at number 4 Alcalde Suárez Llanos Street, to try to stop the eviction. They claim the fund aiming to "evict Olga" has dozens of similar cases in Alicante, many involving social housing.

Specifically, at least 25 families advised by the Syndicate are affected by eviction proceedings initiated by this company, which acquired these properties from a bank after the 2008 financial crisis. "In ten of those cases, the homes still had valid rental contracts," the Syndicate asserts.

The Barri Syndicate demands the dismissal of all eviction proceedings linked to this investment fund, as well as the withdrawal from the market of those homes still inhabited. Among the solutions they propose are the symbolic sale of properties to the occupying families, indefinite social rental contracts, or alternatively, public acquisition of these homes by the Generalitat, especially in cases of former social housing.

This Tuesday's call aims not only to halt Olga's eviction but also to highlight a situation that, they claim, "has become commonplace in Alicante's neighbourhoods, where real estate and financial interests are, according to the collective, placed above the social and housing protection of vulnerable people."