The Mortgage Affected Platform occupies the Can Ricard building
Under the cries of ‘homeless people and houses without people’, the Platform for Mortgage Affected Persons occupied the reception of the Can Ricard building, where the Social Services of the City Council are located, this Wednesday morning Sant Feliu With this protest action, the platform denounces the violations of people’s rights and demands a change in the functioning of the municipal Social Services (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
The demand for collaboration between the City Council and the PAH
The Plataforma d’Afectades per la Hipoteca (PAH) has asked the Sant Feliu City Council to recognize the PAH as a valid interlocutor and to establish a dialogue table to deal with housing problems in the city. In addition, the platform requires monthly meetings and an emergency social care service.
Criticism of Social Services
The PAH assures that the Social Services of Sant Feliu City Council have discriminatory dynamics and that people who go to these services receive discriminatory responses. The platform calls for a change in the operation of Social Services in order to guarantee people’s rights (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
The response of the City Council
After the occupation of the Can Ricard building, the councilors for Housing and Social Services of the Sant Feliu City Council undertake to meet with the PAH to address the demands and seek solutions. The City Council recognizes the importance of questioning things in order to improve them (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
The continuation of protest actions
The PAH has left the Can Ricard building, but maintains the will to return if the dynamics of Social Services in Sant Feliu do not change. The platform will continue to fight to guarantee the right to housing and to improve the living conditions of the people affected (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).