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Tenerife eviction halted after mass protest in Santa Cruz
More than 200 people gathered this Thursday outside the Government Subdelegation in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to show their support for a resident of Granadilla de Abona whose eviction, initially scheduled for this Friday, has been temporarily halted, according to the Tenants’ Union of Tenerife.
The rally also served to express solidarity with Maricarmen, the woman recently evicted in Madrid. The collective said the protest was organised at short notice on Wednesday at 11pm, some 19 hours before it took place, and described the public response as a demonstration of the community’s capacity to mobilise in the face of the housing situation in the Canary Islands.
A provisional reprieve, not a solution
The Tenants’ Union stressed, however, that the suspension of the eviction does not resolve the affected woman’s situation. The organisation warned that the eviction procedure could be reactivated shortly and said it is currently unknown what housing alternative the resident will have once the suspension ends.
The group maintains that the woman is in an extremely vulnerable situation and is calling on the authorities to provide a response that prevents her from having to rely on further public mobilisations to keep her home.
“We cannot consider it a definitive victory that a person can remain in their home only after last-minute action by collectives and neighbours,” the union said in a statement.
Criticism of investment funds and government housing policy
During the rally, the collective criticised investment funds and large property owners, whom it holds responsible for fuelling speculation in the housing market. It also directed criticism at both the central government and the Canary Islands government over their housing policies.
The union said that, following the end of the measures known as the social shield, more than 97,000 people could be affected in the Canary Islands, an estimate attributed to the organisation itself. It also called for measures against evictions, limits on rents and the application of the state Housing Rights Act across the islands.
Threat of a general rent strike
The organisation warned that, if the authorities do not address its demands, Canary Islands neighbourhoods could join a general rent strike.
“The Granadilla resident stays in her home,” the Tenants’ Union concluded, describing the suspension as a provisional victory for community and union mobilisation.
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