<story><title>Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain&apos;s &quot;okupas&quot; problem</title><url>https://www.idealista.com/en/news/legal-advice-in-spain/2024/04/15/816509-squatting-in-spain-understanding-spain-s-okupas-problem</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ssijak</author><text>This is pure madness. So you have 48 hours after squatting started to report it and potentially get a fast eviction (why is it not an automatic criminal case for breaking into the property is beyond me). But after 48 hours it seems like it becomes a nightmare. So if you are on a business trip for 3 days or visiting parents in a different city or vacationing for a few days and somebody enters your home, you are out of luck and the squatters now have more rights than you?!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>StevenHarlow</author><text>I live in Spain (Valencia) and see lots of okupas around the city. In reality they occupy buildings that aren&amp;#x27;t being occupied. Property taxes are incredibly low here and many people who own empty buildings are fine with letting them sit, fall apart, and eat the property tax than do anything with them. These are the buildings that are prone to Okupas. I&amp;#x27;ve never seen nor heard of it happening to actively used buildings.&lt;p&gt;That said, I do think there are better solutions to allowing this to happen. It&amp;#x27;s a complicated issue here as housing is definitely viewed more as a right than in the USA, and honestly I&amp;#x27;m really glad that the streets aren&amp;#x27;t full of homeless camps like they were when I lived in Oakland and SF.</text></comment>
<story><title>Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain&apos;s &quot;okupas&quot; problem</title><url>https://www.idealista.com/en/news/legal-advice-in-spain/2024/04/15/816509-squatting-in-spain-understanding-spain-s-okupas-problem</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ssijak</author><text>This is pure madness. So you have 48 hours after squatting started to report it and potentially get a fast eviction (why is it not an automatic criminal case for breaking into the property is beyond me). But after 48 hours it seems like it becomes a nightmare. So if you are on a business trip for 3 days or visiting parents in a different city or vacationing for a few days and somebody enters your home, you are out of luck and the squatters now have more rights than you?!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vvillena</author><text>No. If someone enters your home, as in, you live there, the city has you registered into that address, and&amp;#x2F;or your ID card states that&amp;#x27;s your address, it&amp;#x27;s not squatting. That&amp;#x27;s trespassing, and the police will happily assist.</text></comment>