Luis Mendes is currently an unemployed builder, 45 years old, from Guinea Bissau, and has a wife and 8 children to maintain in Senegal. He lives at his home in Torrejon De Ardoz, Madrid, with his brothers. Today he is facing a second eviction attempt as he stopped paying the mortgage to Bankia Bank when lost his job in 2009. He had to choose between feeding his children or paying the bank. At the moment, he cannot even send money anymore to his family and if he losses his current house, he would gain a live-long debt. He has tried to negotiate with the bank to reach a different solution, by paying a lower monthly fee, but up to now there was no agreement for it. This is also case of many people in Spain that are losing their homes every-days and also gaining debts to banks. According to details of the General Council of the Judiciary, in Madrid there are 40 evictions every-days.

Patricia Tapia, 28, waits to be evicted from her apartment on February 15, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Tapia, an unemployed Ecuadorian mother of two, used to work at a mailing company but when she was six months pregnant the employer decided not to renew her contract and she could not afford to pay her mortgage. Despite she has lost the property, she still has to pay 200.000EUR to Bankia Bank which own the house. In the end, Patricia got permission to stay another month, claimming humanitarian issues as her one year old baby was ill at the moment and she has no other place to stay. The anti-eviction organization 'Platform for People Affected by Mortgages' in Spain has called for a permanent halt to the evictions of families who are struggling to pay their debts because of the poor economic climate.

Olga Teresa Cabrera Maza, 48, and mother o four waits for her eviction in Madrid on March 18, 2012. Cabrera Maza, a 48-year-old immigrant form Ecuador, lives with her daughter in Madrid and started paying her mortgage on 2006 but then underwent serious health problems that let her in a permanent incapacity. Unable to work and earning a monthly pension of 600EUR for her incapacity, she could not afford to pay her mortgage, which had increased from 800EUR to 1890EUR and stopped paying it on June 2010. She was served her first eviction notice in June 2011. The Organization Anti-evictions supported her and she finally got permission to stay at her appartment for another month. She is claiming a lieu of payment to the bank, so she can go back to her country without a debit of 250.000EUR, where her family will take care of her and her illness.

An anti-eviction demonstration takes place in Madrid on February 28 2012. Bulgarian Tatyana Roeva, and husband Anuar Jalil 55, from Libano, await their second evition since last June 2011 their first eviction meant the starting of the Anti-eviction movement. A day before their eviction February 29, 2012 a demonstration of hundreds of people takes part in Madrid claiming a lieu of payment for evicted families and social accomodation. During the demonstration lawyer Rafael Mayoral and the Anti-eviction organization got a deal with BBVA Bank for a lieu of payment of 269.000EUR, plus two months paid accomodation, but the couple needs to leave their house that night.

Spanish Vicente Torres, 73, is a retired upholstery man who is severely ill and underwent a recent heart surgery, faces an eviction from his house after he endorsed his son to buy a house. He has been living at his home for the last 55 years, which he was paying for 30 years. His grandson, Jonatan Torres 24, is living with him to help with daily routines. Vicente is also waiting to go through a thrombus surgery in the next months. Torres had to endorse his son, so Citibank would concede him a credit to buy a house. Vicente's son, that stopped paying the mortgage, already handed his apartment and now Citibank wants to evict Vicente from his 49m/sq home on Wednesday April 18. His grandson Jonathan Torres, 24, the organization anti-evictions and neighbours got the eviction postponed until May 3. Eviction procedures in Spanish courts for unpaid mortgages and rent hit a record of 58,241 in 2011, a 21.2 percent rise over the previous year. Evictions have soared in Spain since the collapse of a property bubble in 2008 that triggered the country's economic crisis.