Franciscan Order, a property magnate in Spain takes to evicting the poor
First victim after the eviction moratorium ends: a religious order with more than 300 apartments evicts Mariano "He is the first of a list of 60,000 people who could be evicted from their homes" by the votes of the PP, Vox, and Junts Last Tuesday, the People's Party (PP), Vox, and Junts per Catalunya joined forces in the Congress of Deputies to overturn the social safety net, which included the eviction moratorium designed to protect vulnerable families. This Thursday, Mariano Ordaz faces the first eviction of the more than 60,000 that could occur after the suspension ends. A 66-year-old resident of the Embajadores neighborhood in Madrid faces eviction from the home he has lived in since birth, the same home his grandmother and parents once shared. The speculator behind the eviction is the Venerable Third Order (VOT), a Franciscan religious institution that owns more than 300 apartments in central Madrid alone. This speculative accumulation of a basic necessity directly c...
