The Council of Ministers has approved a decree-law by which the unit of coexistence is made more flexible to request the Minimum Vital Income. As explained by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration Jose Luis Escrivá, now those who reside in mobile homes or who share a flat temporarily may request it. According […]
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The Constitutional Court annuls the Government’s housing decree law
The Constitutional Court has annulled the decree law of urgent measures to improve access to housing promoted in 2019 by the Government, which forced large holders to offer social rent to vulnerable people who illegally occupy a home. Legal sources have informed Efe that in plenary session the court of guarantees has declared for unanimity […]
The Generalitat demands money from Pedro Sánchez for the stigmatized neighborhood of La Mina in Barcelona
The Generalitat tries to get the Executive of Pedro Sánchez to invest to unblock the operation to relocate dozens of residents of La Mina and demolish the most ramshackle block in the neighborhood, in the humble suburbs of Barcelona. The plan to demolish the building of the Venus street and displacing its inhabitants is budgeted […]
The field and fishing, the last trench in the battle for equality
One of the last trenches in the objective of labor equality for women and men is in agricultural and fishing work. Thus, although in Andalusia women already account for 30% of the members of the cooperatives agroalimentarias, in the governing councils there are less than 4%. Adoración Blanque, the secretary of Equality of Asaja, points […]
Coronavirus raises costs without help for disabled families
“Nothing is known about these kids like my son. They are totally invisible. We were aware that we were forgotten, but with the pandemic the maximum has been reached.” Montserrat she is the mother of Pol, a 22-year-old young man, affected by cerebral palsy and spastic tetraplegia. It is 98% dependent. “He cannot dress or eat […]
Twenty days with up to ten hours without light in the Raval of Barcelona
There are houses in the neighborhood of Raval, in the center of Barcelona, which chain 20 days of blackouts. “We can be between five and ten hours without light, depending on the day,” calculates an affected neighbor of the Salvador street, where the damage completely affects several buildings, including businesses, and extends to buildings on […]
Obstacles, delays and coercion leave poor neighbors out of the register in Catalonia
Ahmed he goes to bed some nights in a car. You must do it when there is no free mattress in houses of acquaintances in Badalona, where it arrived four months ago. Earn “500, 400 or 300 euros per month” handing out orders and it is not enough for the “200 or 300 euros” that, […]
Measures against the coronavirus: what restrictions will remain in force in Catalonia in the next 10 days?
Catalonia will keep until the next November 23 the majority of restrictions in force since October 30 aimed at curbing the rate of coronavirus infections. From that date, the Generalitat It is studying starting a de-escalation plan in which some of the current commercial, cultural or sports limitations would be lifted. The bars and restaurants, […]
Girona is postulated as a destination to attract European night trains
Increased commitment to preserving the environment, added to the liberation of passenger transport by train in Europe -Next December-, has generated the recovery of an old and romantic way of traveling alternative to the plane: the night train, a growing market in the rest of the continent and to which Girona it intends to join […]
Justice orders Xavier García Albiol to house a family he evicted
A judge orders the Badalona City Council to house one of the six families who lost their home and a good part of their belongings a year ago, when the block where they lived was demolished when it threatened to collapse. The Consistory stopped paying for the apartments and the hostel places where they stayed […]