Squatter's rights

With the rise of 'okupación' in Spain, property owners and individuals alike are seeking to navigate the legal landscape and social implications of squatting.

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Squatting is one of the main headaches for homeowners and neighbours within a community. Having squatters in a flat or house in your residential complex or block can be a serious problem, especially if the offenders carry out illegal or annoying activities.

Having a squatter in your home is a real headache. Not being able to use or rent it, or simply not knowing what state it is in are just some of the complications involved in this situation. A situation that more and more people decide to solve by putting their property up for sale.

For years, the squatting movement in Spain has known how to invade houses and occupy them without eviction due to legal loopholes.

The length of time that property owners in Spain have to wait for a ruling to evict squatters from their homes continues to increase.

The Popular Party president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has proposed reforming a series of procedural laws to enable the eviction of squatters and has guaranteed that, if he governs, he will put an end to the phenomenon of illegal squatting, which in his opinion, "cannot continue". The new Housing Law s

Spain's new Housing Law is dominating real estate conversations across the country and beyond. At the recent real estate fair Sima, the vast majority of the speakers were opposed to the implementation of this law.

Spain's Platform of People Affected by Squatting (PAO), like many others, has expressed its worries concerning the country's new Housing Law.

Someone is living in your property and not paying rent: are they a squatter or a defaulter? The key lies in how they gained access to the property.