Valencia Residents Face Eviction Tuesday with No Alternative

A family with a baby and a minor live with anxiety the countdown to abandon their home in Benimaclet.

Generic image of hands packing boxes in a dimly lit room.
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Generic image of hands packing boxes in a dimly lit room.

Two Valencia residents, Vicente and Cristina Rodríguez, are facing an eviction on Tuesday that will force them to leave their home in the Benimaclet neighborhood, where they live with five adults, a minor, and a four-month-old baby.

The situation causes great anxiety for the family, who have tried various avenues to avoid eviction without success. "There have been many postponements, many appeals we've tried, and nobody wants this headache," expresses Cristina Rodríguez, who voices her main concern for the four-month-old baby. The family currently has no residential alternative, meaning that if nothing prevents it, they will end up on the street.
Vicente Giménez explains the difficulty of finding a new rental in such a short time, despite having two contracts with salaries. "It's very difficult to find something to move into by Tuesday. I'd like to opt for a rental, because we have two contracts with salaries," he states. He laments that, coming from an eviction, "nobody trusts us, nobody".
Although official figures indicate a 23% drop in evictions for non-payment, behind these numbers are personal stories like those of Vicente and Cristina. On Tuesday, they will have to leave the Valencia apartment where they have lived, marking the countdown for their family.