Susana Vera / Reuters — Fifty four families have been
living in Puerta de Hierro, on the banks of the Manzanares River, north
of Madrid, for over 50 years. The settlers are registered with the local
government and have access to public services, but since the summer of
2010 have been subject to evictions under orders from Madrid's town
planning board, on the grounds that the dwellings are illegal. Some of
the eldest members of the community have been relocated to social rent
flats in the city, but often their children and grandchildren have been
denied the same right, leaving them homeless. The relatives whose houses
are still standing take them in while the debris keeps piling up as
more demolitions take place.
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