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Squatters clash with police over Barcelona bank eviction
There were riots for a second night in a row in the Gràcia neighbourhood of the city.
Barcelona backs down over squat demolition
The town hall of Barcelona on Friday called a halt to the demolition of an illegally occupied building after four nights of violent protests followed their decision to evict residents.
Police make arrests over Barcelona eviction riots
Spanish police charged at youths who attacked their vans and lit fires in a second night of riots over the demolition of a popular Barcelona squat, officials said on Wednesday.
184 Spaniards a day kicked out of their homes
The full scope of Spain's evictions epidemic has been revealed in figures from the General Council of the Judiciary which show that 67,189 people lost their homes in 2013.
Tearful tenants win EU home eviction reprieve
Doris Perez broke into tears when she heard she could stay a fortnight more in the Spanish apartment she has occupied, amid a mass protest to save her and scores of others from eviction.
Bank evicts Spanish family from wrong house
A family in the northern Spanish village of Azuara have lost half of their belongings after eviction agents pillaged their home by mistake.
'Robin Hoods' rescue homes with 700kg stash
A campaign called "Cents for a miracle" has seen participants travel the length and breadth of the Canary Island of Tenerife in search of as much loot as possible to prevent two families from being evicted from their homes.
Spain drafts €2.4bn plan for housing
The Spanish government said Friday that it would invest €2.4 billion over the next three years to help the poor gain access to rental housing and renovate buildings to boost the stricken construction sector.
Spanish mortgages hit record low
The number of mortgages granted to homeowners in Spain plunged by a third to a record low in 2012, the national statistics office said on Wednesday in the latest indicator of the property-driven finance crisis.
Priests' fowl play forces storks to flee nests
Spain's eviction crisis is now affecting its bird population after 39 feathered families were kicked out of their nests by parish priests in the village of Alcolea de Cinca, in northern Spain.