A letter sent by the public company Visocan in full change of government has disrupted the life of the family that form Juana Rosa and Gregory in the Chimbesque de San Isidro building, in Granadilla de Abona. The communication leaves no room for doubt, despite the fact that she maintains the hope of having the next Monday a meeting that gives a solution to the seven people who live in the property and who, as she explains, in addition to her and her husband, are her four children and the partner of one of them. In total, in addition to minors, three of the members of the family unit have some kind of disability.
Minors and people with disabilities is usually a wall against evictions, at least in normal circumstances. “It’s supposed to be a wall, but the wall is collapsing for me,” he explains in a telephone conversation in which he narrates the situation of this family that, in principle, is given until November 24. to leave the floor.
He agrees with his son, Ramón, that they do not refuse to pay Visocan the amounts they owe and that they are “a couple of months late”, but he trusts in the help of the rest of the family to settle the debt after, In 2015, they were awarded the house under a social rental regime, whose rent amounts to 385 euros per month.
“Since my husband got sick and got worse, the payments have been more irregular and the delays have been accumulating,” admits Juana Rosa, who, however, warns that “if I see that, in the end, they are going to take it out on the street, I’m going to assemble it”, who assures that, in the event of having to leave the building of 36 houses in Visocan, he will look for another house, whatever the circumstances of the same.
The family does not have a large income and Ramón explained that the unit lives with a dependency aid, a non-contributory pension, as well as different aids for situations of disability that coexist in the home. In total, around 1,400 euros per month.
She assures that she has dealt with her case with social workers and that they have tried to reassure her, assuring her that Visocan’s letter seeks nothing other than to press for payment of the outstanding amounts or, at least, the search for some kind of solution.
This newspaper tried yesterday to collect the version of the public company about this possible eviction without success, since the entity is in the process of transition between two governments.
Visocan is an entity that has this public character and that is attached to the Ministry of Public Works, Works and Housing, at least at present, whose director occupies the position of president of its Board of Directors. In addition, the director of the Canary Islands Housing Institute, the CEO of Visocan, as well as the technical general secretary of Housing are part of this.
“We have not practiced evictions in recent years”
Although it was not possible to obtain Visocan’s version, Ramón, Juana Rosa’s son, assured that they hope to be able to hold a meeting this Monday to avoid the eviction of the house, while sources close to the entity explained that “at least in the In recent years, we have not practiced any evictions” n
