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Barcelona Rehouses 14 Vallcarca Occupants After Six-Month Síndic Mediation

Officials say the property-recovery process continues despite the mediator closing the case.

Overview

  • Three households accepted relocation: six people to Casa Orsola, five to Torre Baró, and three to the Barri Gòtic.
  • Twenty-eight of the 30 occupants were assessed as vulnerable and offered 28 alternatives, but half declined because options were outside Vallcarca and conflicted with work and schooling.
  • The mediation was commissioned by Mayor Jaume Collboni in October 2025 and ran for six months under Síndic David Bondia.
  • Deputy mayor Laia Bonet said the city will keep pursuing administrative recovery of the three municipal properties while leaving the accepted offers in place.
  • Social services and Roma organizations will continue supporting those who refused, while BComú urges more solutions and a pause on evictions and Junts denounces the agreement as arbitrary and unfair to waiting-list families.