VIDEO: Evading eviction in one of Europe's most densely populated cities (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)

 

"On the border with Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is one of the most densely populated cities in the EU and home to a large migrant community. 

Dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable members of this fringe society, a group of young volunteers set up Sindicat, a renters union that is working relentlessly to counteract the housing crisis engulfing the often undocumented residents." 

VIDEO here.

Read more from director Irene Baqué about the genesis of the group, and the documentary, here

Barcelona's homeless union now a reality

 

Spikes to stop street sleepers outside a shop on la Rambla

 "A homeless union is born in Barcelona: "There cannot be people sleeping on the street with 13,000 empty flats", they say’."

[From elDiario.es here: (First found through Business Over Tapas news service.)]

AND see here for semi-related news of the latest Covidiocy: Last night's planned insanity/experiment/super-spreader event in Barcelona.