There is a phenomenon that has been going on for a couple of years now in spain, it is the mobbing (illegal pressures on tenants) on people having an old rent and paying less than 100 Euro of rent, usually it goes like this , the speculation and inflation make the prices go up however some people signed a contract so long ago like that old woman paying 40 EURO /Month since 1936 her landlord mobbed the flat causing damage that she couldn’t afford to repair and also making difficult to her to stay in that place. Mobbing is a way for property owners to kick tenants out so they can find someone else that will sign a new contract to today market condition and pay much more.

In Barcelona, 201 mobbing case have been reported from January 2005 to May 2006. I’m not aware of any law for a better protection of tenants as far as I’m concerned being a property owner is the way to go.


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