One of the cities more marked by the problem of the squatters in Spain is Badalonabut the city has a new hero. This is Sonia, a neighbor who has become the referent of the neighborhood.
It all started when two individuals kuputed a foreign home, but Sonia was not able to keep her arms crossed at such injustice.
Incredible as it seems, Sonia achieved its mission and ended up throwing the squatters. The neighbors were stunned and the mayor of Badalona congratulated her. How did she get it alone?
How a neighbor of Badalona has achieved to throw two squatters
Everything happened in a newly acquired home that was in reforms. According to Sonia, The squatters had long watching the house and prepared their assault.
“They had been planning it for a month,” the woman denounced in statements to Public mirror of Antena 3.
The two squatters tried to force the door and use their own padlock, a technique that unfortunately is increasingly used in empty properties.
However, what they had not planned is to meet Sonia’s resistance. “Don’t touch me, I’m recording you”he warned them after preventing them from taking control of the property.
The neighbors recognize the deed of a neighbor against the squatter
Sonia’s intervention did not go unnoticed. Its neighbors, fed up with the squatting in the neighborhood, cheered it in the street, recognizing its courage and determination.
In fact, they were the first to recognize that Sonia’s brave attitude is not common. “We would all have to be like her”they came to comment before the cameras of Public mirror.
And everyone agreed on the enormous work that his neighbor had done for everyone’s benefit. “It deserves a monument,” added some.
These types of situations have caused a debate about insecurity and lack of effective measures against the squatting.
In this case, Sonia’s rapid action managed to frustrate illegal entrybut not all citizens have the same support or courage to face these situations.
How should a community of neighbors act if it detects squatters in the building?
According to the office Of the lawyersthe community can act, but through the demand for annoying activities, collected in Article 7.2 of the Horizontal Property Law (LPH).
This action is directed to cease the activities that disturb the coexistence within the building, and can be exercised both against the owners of the floor and against the squatters who are using it.
To be able to opt for this route you must demonstrate two assumptions:
- That annoying, unhealthy or dangerous activities are being carried out on the busy floorsuch as repeated noises, numerous meetings, bad odors, drug use or continuous influx of unknown people.
- That the property owner has acted with total negligenceshowing absolute indifference to the problems generated by illegal squatters, not acting to recover their property or avoid those behaviors.
In order to demonstrate these two things, it is very important that in the community of neighbors you get to work. For example, collecting complaints of noise, fights or any other suspicious activity of the squatters.
In addition, it is important that you spend time preparing reports or minutes of the meetings in which the documented complaints and problems are recorded.
As far as possible, you can gather graphic tests such as photographs of the damage, audios with the noise they do or testimonies of the inconvenience.
Can neighbors ask for exprés eviction in cases of squatting?
As they clarify from Of the lawyers, Law 5/2018, of June 11, which modified the Civil Procedure Lawintroduced the so -called exprés eviction to recover more agilely the possession of illegally squatted real estate.
However, This route is not available for owners communities nor for legal persons such as banks or investment funds, but only for individuals who own the property.
