Editorial photo #8316

Spain: Eviction of Gonzalez's family

Members of the Victims' Mortgage Platform (PAH) camp to stop the eviction of Gonzalez' family and the demolition of their house by a forced expropriation in Madrid. The Government of Madrid applies a forced expropriation on ten family members including two couples with two children each and two elderly people. Angeles Gracia Gonzalez, says the Government of Madrid tries to expropriate their house since 2004 (during the Spanish property bubble) to build apartments and sell them as what she considers a real estate speculation with the excuse that the house interferes with the Urban Plan. She says the government offers them euro326.000 ($ 432.377) approximately half of what the family received as appraisal for the house, euro742.000 ($984.097). Photo: Rodrigo Garcia/NurPhoto