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Spain has scrapped the rent freeze - what now for tenants? thelocal.es - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.es Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Joan Faus and Nacho Doce BARCELONA (Reuters) - By the door to their humble apartment, a Spanish family beset by disabilities keeps a few bags with essential belongings in case the threat of eviction turns real. Since May, Noemi Oset, her daughters aged 9 and 23, and her partner have avoided being dislodged from the two-bedroom Barcelona apartment three times. They have squatted there since 2019, unable to afford the rising rent of their old house. The last time, a crowd of neighbours and activists gathered round to drive away the eviction officials. But the family fears they will try again in September, even though there is a ban on evictions of vulnerable families in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of other families risk being kicked out before the end of the year. For me, this is a 21st century torture, said Oset, 45. Oset has a visual disability and immune-system illness that bars her from work. She receives a 357-euro ($423) monthly subsidy. But the pandemic had made ....
Growing eviction risk as rent freezes end in Europe standardmedia.co.ke - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardmedia.co.ke Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.