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British residents of Almería demonstrate against housing demolitions
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By h.b. - Jan 11, 2009 - 6:43 PM
The demonstration came a year to the day of the demolition of the house built by Len and Helen Prior.
British residents of Almería, between 200 and 500 according to different reports, demonstrated on Friday in Almeria and marched to the offices of the Regional Government Housing Delegate in the city.
The march was organized by AULAN, Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora, No, and came a year to the day that the house belonging to the British couple, Len and Helen Prior was knocked down.
Luis Caparrós, the Housing and Town Planning delegate met representatives from the march, including the Priors. He gave an undertaking to find a solution for the couple and this week will see a technical meeting with their lawyers. The Priors are demanding compensation for the loss of their home, they have spent the last year living in a caravan on the site.
Many of the demonstrators arrived in Almería city on buses fleeted from the areas of Los Gallardos, Albox, Vera and Cantoria. As well as compensation for the Priors the British are demanding stable water and power supplies, and a final plan to regularize the homes. They consider the current census being carried out by the Junta, reported to be 60% complete over the estimated 5,000 illegal homes in the area, a step in the right direction, but want to know what will happen next. On that point the Housing and Town Planning Delegate made a call for calm.
AULAN and Ciudadanos Europeos spokesman, Lenox Napier, said that the British wanted to a buy a home and continue to live in it, without worrying if someone is coming along to knock it down, expropriate it, or to say it is illegal. He said that there were many forms of corruption, fraud and swindle in the province.
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British residents of Almería demonstrate against housing demolitions
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By h.b. - Jan 11, 2009 - 6:43 PM
The demonstration in Almería on Friday - Photo www.aulan.es
British residents of Almería, between 200 and 500 according to different reports, demonstrated on Friday in Almeria and marched to the offices of the Regional Government Housing Delegate in the city.
The march was organized by AULAN, Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora, No, and came a year to the day that the house belonging to the British couple, Len and Helen Prior was knocked down.
Luis Caparrós, the Housing and Town Planning delegate met representatives from the march, including the Priors. He gave an undertaking to find a solution for the couple and this week will see a technical meeting with their lawyers. The Priors are demanding compensation for the loss of their home, they have spent the last year living in a caravan on the site.
Many of the demonstrators arrived in Almería city on buses fleeted from the areas of Los Gallardos, Albox, Vera and Cantoria. As well as compensation for the Priors the British are demanding stable water and power supplies, and a final plan to regularize the homes. They consider the current census being carried out by the Junta, reported to be 60% complete over the estimated 5,000 illegal homes in the area, a step in the right direction, but want to know what will happen next. On that point the Housing and Town Planning Delegate made a call for calm.
AULAN and Ciudadanos Europeos spokesman, Lenox Napier, said that the British wanted to a buy a home and continue to live in it, without worrying if someone is coming along to knock it down, expropriate it, or to say it is illegal. He said that there were many forms of corruption, fraud and swindle in the province.
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Suzanne
11 Jan 2009, 23:30
11 Jan 2009, 23:30
alan thornton
12 Jan 2009, 00:30
12 Jan 2009, 00:30
you have my full backing.
the thievery has to stop, for without briitish money coming into southern spain there would be no southern spain.
the thievery has to stop, for without briitish money coming into southern spain there would be no southern spain.
Ruth
12 Jan 2009, 10:43
12 Jan 2009, 10:43
Ditto Suzanne's petition.
Also - If you have a problem with an existing bank guarantee for an off-plan property not being honoured there is a sharply focussed web petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/spanishbankguarantees/signatures.html which will be sent to the Governor of the Bank of Spain on the last day of this month of January.
Please add your signatures and advertise the petition wherever possible. Make this a month of Action.
Also - If you have a problem with an existing bank guarantee for an off-plan property not being honoured there is a sharply focussed web petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/spanishbankguarantees/signatures.html which will be sent to the Governor of the Bank of Spain on the last day of this month of January.
Please add your signatures and advertise the petition wherever possible. Make this a month of Action.
Please keep to the subject. Opinions published here are of our visitors, not the Typically Spanish team. Comments which go against Spanish laws or which are libellous are not allowed. We reserve the right to delete any comment we wish.
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Por favor, céntrate en el tema. Son las opiniones de los internautas, y no las de Typically Spanish. No está permitido verter comentarios contrarios a las leyes españolas o injuriantes. Reservado el derecho a eliminar los comentarios que consideremos fuera de tema.
