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Eviction in Spain

40 year ol Luis Paulino Hernandez holds a rosary as he collects his belonglings in Madrid, Spain April 25, 2014. Paulino Hernadez, 40, signed a lease for 350 euros per month for an apartment in Madrid where he moved with his wife Suleyra Marilin Trinidad and their 13 year old son Ludwing last November. In February they received an eviction notice demanding them to vacate the property, which belongs to Spanish nationalized lender Bankia. "I was deceived. I signed a false contract with someone who pretended to be the rightful owner of the flat, but wasn't. Later I found out that the same thing had happened to other people", Paulino Hernandez says. The family tried to negotiate with Bankia to stay in the home and pay social rent, but to no avail. Paulino Hernandez lost his job in construction almost two years ago and his unemployment benefits have run out. Both him and his wife live on doing occasional odd jobs, him as a computer technician and her as a house cleaner, but they don't make enough money to rent an apartment in the free market and put food on the table, Paulino Hernandez says. (Photo by Rodrigo Garcia/NurPhoto)

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