About twenty families from the San Francisco Javier neighborhood of Arrecife, who were going to be evicted on March 7, will be able to remain in their homes until further notice. The Court of First Instance number 4 of Arrecife has paralyzed the eviction of the two residential buildings on Jaime I street, in the capital of Lanzarote.
As confirmed by the Court's Communication Office to La Voz, the eviction has been suspended due to the appearance of "seven new third-party occupants" who were not identified and notified. In addition, the Arrecife City Council already notified in 2023 that several families were in a vulnerable situation. For the moment, there is no new date for their eviction.
Likewise, one of the affected women, a victim of gender violence and mother of a five-year-old girl, told La Voz that, for now, she will be able to stay in the house, but that she is still looking for a house to be able to leave the place before the Court sets the date for a new eviction. "I am not refusing to leave, but the thing is that there are no houses in Lanzarote," reveals this citizen, who has lived in the property for four years and has unsuccessfully tried to reach an agreement with the property owner to be able to stay in the house paying rent.
The families of these two blocks of buildings in San Francisco Javier, where five minors and sick people live, are not the only ones facing the housing puzzle in Lanzarote. Idealista, a leading real estate portal, already announced that the cost of a house on the island has reached its historical high and acquiring a property is more expensive than ever.
This reality does not only affect vulnerable families, but also people with stable jobs who find it increasingly difficult to access rental or owned housing. In some cases, some employees have even chosen to live in a motorhome.
