The Popular Party and Vox in the Arrecife City Council have asked the State to establish the "necessary legal measures" to protect homeowners "from squatters" and "prevent the proliferation of new occupations in the absence of strong laws." As well as increasing the penalties against those who illegally occupy a property or facilitate this occupation.
Thus, with the PP's motion in Arrecife, which passed due to the mayor's casting vote, after the abstention of CC and the vote against by the PSOE, Arrecife "agrees to reject and condemn the illegal occupation of homes and any private property, reaffirming the commitment to the protection of the constitutional right to private property, avoiding abuses and guaranteeing neighborhood coexistence."
The municipal corporation approved last Friday, March 28, a motion from the Popular Party (PP), with which it demands the Government of Spain, and urges the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies, to "unblock the processing of the Organic Law against illegal occupation, sent by the Senate on February 20, 2024."
The motion, defended in the plenary session by Roberto Herbón (PP), second deputy mayor, and approved with the votes of the Popular Party and the mixed group, asks that the Congress of Deputies "submit to debate and vote as soon as possible that agreement of the Senate of February 20 of last year, so that measures such as the eviction of squatters can be put into operation immediately", and add to the penal code "the increase in penalties for those who illegally occupy a property or promote or facilitate the occupation."
Likewise, the Popular Party asks that "the cancellation of the registrations of illegal occupants of homes in the municipal census can be carried out, an aspect that the Laws in Spain now allow, due to the protection of the forces that support the Government of Pedro Sánchez."
Housing Law
In addition, the council urges the Government of Spain "to promote a legal reform of the current Housing Law that allows for the faster recovery of illegally occupied homes, without renouncing the establishment of measures to protect vulnerable people who have no housing alternative."
With this motion, presented by the second deputy mayor, Roberto Herbón, it also urges "the State to enable specialized courts in illegal occupations, as well as faster, more efficient and accessible alternative procedures to resolve these conflicts, in coordination with all public administrations."
