A family with three daughters, ages three, six, and nine, is at risk of becoming homeless, as they have an eviction order for non-payment of the home in which they reside in Puerto del Carmen, without having a housing alternative.
"We are seeing what we can do because on Friday they will be on the street," La Voz was told from the Tías City Council, which, because there are minors, was notified of the eviction so that its Social Services could intervene.
The family resides in a home whose owner passed away, and it was their heirs who initiated the procedure to recover the property, due to an "important" debt on the part of the tenants. In this regard, according to what they explained from the City Council, they already managed to stop the eviction in December, after a social worker made a vulnerability report and presented it to the Court.
"We don't have houses and we can only give them financial aid," they explained from the City Council, from where they also pointed out that, for this, the family has to go with a contract for a new house. "And the problem is that the apartments ask for two or three months' deposit, a permanent contract, no dogs, no children...", they add from the institution.
Request for help from the Cabildo and the Government of the Canary Islands
Thus, after the eviction has been reactivated without the family having found another home, the Tías City Council affirms that they have contacted the Minister of Social Welfare of the Cabildo, Marcos Bergaz.
"But the Cabildo says the same thing as Tías Social Services, that they don't have houses and that the tools they have are all financial aid," the City Council pointed out. Now, given the imminent risk, it affirms that it will also address the Government of the Canary Islands to see if, through Visocan, a home can be found for this family.