British Consul meets property scandal victims in the Almanzora Valley

AUAN press release, 13th September 2011 AUAN members from the Almanzora Valley affected by the illegal homes scandal hosted a visit from the British Consul for the Andalucia region, Steve Jones and Madrid Embassy official Alexandra Brown, advisor to the Foreign Office on property matters in Spain on Tusday 13th September.

Andalucian Government announces illegal homes amnesty

José Antonio Griñán, the President of Andalucia, announced yesterday that illegally-built homes in Andalucia will be legalised by decree, but stressed that this isn’t an amnesty, despite all evidence to the contrary.

Demolition-victim Helen Prior’s statement to the EU Petitions Committee

Helen Prior uses the plain facts of her case to illustrate the injustice she and her husband have suffered. Her dignity in adversity is an example to all of us.

How the property boom wrecked Avila and many Spanish towns like it

This report (in Spanish) by Jesús Encinar, the founder of Idealista.com, one of Spain’s leading property portals, shows the depressing legacy left by Spain’s insane building boom.