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MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN

SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2013

20.000 at risk
of being
evicted in
Majorca
b The Red Cross and the Majorcan Social
Affairs department have agreed to a new
plan to tackle this alarming problem.
Almost 20.000 people
are at risk of losing
their homes in Majorca
said the Red Cross
President Miquel
Alenya during a meeting this week.
by FRANCISCO CORTEZ
Palma.The Red Cross
alongside the Majorcan Social Affairs Institute
(IMAS) and the Council of

Majorca, have agreed a

new plan of ac tion to
tackle the problem which
has now reached alarming
levels, with families on the
verge of becoming not only
homeless but socially excluded.
We intend to provide an
answer to one of the most
alarming situations since
the early days of IMAS: the
risk of people becoming
homeless. It is a problem

that is creating a feeling of

general panic, and leaves
people involved at serious
risk of being socially excluded by condemning
them to the boarders of society, said Maria Salom,
President of the Council of
Majorca.
The three groups agreed
that under the new plan
the Red Cross will provide
manpower and infrastructures while the Council of

The battle to tackle the problems of evictions contionues. PHOTO: MDBFILES

Majorca will put forward
500.000 euros through a
suppor t
programme
(Espai) in order to try and
achieve a Majorca free of
people at risk of losing
their houses.
The new programme is
destined to families who
for several reasons might
be at risk of being evicted

either because of failure to

pay their mor tgages or
their rent.
The idea is to help them
so they can continue to
live in their homes or in extreme cases, where drastic
measures have already
been taken by the authorities, provide them with
support and avoid social

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exclusion. Alenya stressed

that many of these people
were middle class not so
long ago and that the crisis
has now led them to the
verge of eviction.
The groups have also
agreed to meet every two
weeks to coordinate and
monitor the efforts between them.

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