201203 Vicente Torres Eviction { 29 images } Created 17 Apr 2012
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.
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.
