“Housing is a right” was the main demand of the residents of Buenavista del Norte who demonstrated yesterday to ask that the eviction of the 11 families from the neighborhood of The pitsscheduled for next Friday.
About 100 people, according to the organizers, and about 50, according to the Local Police, left the housing development of the now defunct Roycasa and walked along the TF-42 until they reached the Plaza de Los Remedios.
There, a representative of the Tenerife Tenants’ Union read a manifesto in which he recalled that, after the last postponement of the evictions, on May 12, “the City Council, Visocan and the new owner of the property agreed to open for a while and regularize the family rental contracts”, something that ultimately did not happen. “Visocan’s commitment to adopt the necessary agreements to prevent the neighbors from leaving and to formalize the operation planned in October of this year was also not fulfilled.”
During the protest, there were reproaches against the mayor, Eva García, who, according to those affected, “promised us that we were never going to leave there,” and also “lied that she had not received any notification from the court regarding the cut.” of the electricity supply”, which has affected them since August 4.
When asked about this matter, the president limited herself to remembering that “it is not the City Council that evicts, but rather there is a court ruling that must be followed” and stressed that the six families in a vulnerable situation “already have an alternative accommodation ”.
