Tenant Union Prevents Eviction of Terminally Ill Resident in Canary Islands

• The Sindicato de Inquilinas de Tenerife successfully delayed the eviction of a 54-year-old woman suffering from terminal cancer and severe dependency.
• Activists warn the reprieve is temporary and emphasize the urgent need for stable, dignified housing alternatives from local institutions like the ICAVI.
• Tenant unions across the Canary Islands are escalating their mobilization to protest systemic housing insecurity.

Systemic Housing Crisis

• High rental costs, low wages, and a reliance on short-term vacation rentals have severely restricted housing access for residents.
• According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), over 3.8 million homes remain vacant in Spain, while many public-built housing units have been sold to private firms.
• Data shows that 36.2% of the Canary Islands population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Calls to Action

• Protesters are demanding a comprehensive "Emergency Housing Plan" in the Canary Islands, including 13 urgent measures.
• Key demands include:
  • Limiting speculative real estate investment and the activities of "vulture funds."
  • Declaring high-demand areas as "stressed residential markets."
  • Enforcing stronger regulations against vacation rental fraud.
  • Guaranteeing that no vulnerable individual is evicted without a guaranteed housing alternative.
• Activists emphasize that housing is a fundamental right and continue to organize inter-island assemblies to pressure government authorities for structural change.