Three days of negotiations between the Government and the Socialist Party on the subject of evictions have failed to culminate in an agreement and as a result, the Government will today approve a Royal Decree containing measures deemed most important in preventing more tragic incidents.
Under the decree, families with an income of less than €19,000 per year cannot be evicted. There will be an extension of two years relating to the eviction of the most vulnerable groups and an increase in the threshold established in the code of good practice relating to the renegotiation of mortgages with those threatened with foreclosure or eviction.
Under the current code of practice, families with all members unemployed can avoid foreclosure if the value of the property is less than €200,000. The idea is to progressively increase this threshold and in specific cases, such as large families, almost double the figure.
Under Spanish law, those evicted from their homes are still liable for any outstanding debts relating to the property, so the hardship does not end, or even decrease, once people have lost their homes.