By: Suzanne Daley
The number of Spanish families facing eviction continues to grow. Hundreds a day is estimated to being evicted. This is growing to be such a problem tha the prime minister has promised to announce emergency measures on Monday. Relatives of the evicted are not able to help as much because they are not doing any better. Those who are evicted are often blacklisted making it very hard for them to rent. The evicted are often vacating empty properties illegally or returning to their old homes after they are seized. Some are reported and some are not. They are using generators if they can afford the gasoline. Food is donated sometimes to the families. Trying to stem the flow of homeless the Spanish government has asked banks to adhere to a code of conduct that protects to some degree the very poorest Spaniards and many of the banks have signed on but advocates say that the code offers help to a small number of homeowners. Those who have no working adults in their homes and those who paid less then $260,00 for their homes. Globalization and industrializationa and a free market society have tore away the very fabric of what a free market society was supposed to create for individuals:Ownership of themselves and their homes. The governement needs to be make emergency shelter and food available for these citizens or create an umemployment program or low income housing for these families to gain assistance from or banks need to be put on halt for a while until the Spanish citizens can get back on their feet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/world/europe/spain-evictions-create-an-austerity-homeless-crisis.html?ref=global-home
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