The deputy spokesperson for Con Málaga, Toni Morillas, has called on the City Council to engage in dialogue with the residents relocated in vehicles in the Sacaba area and to seek decent housing solutions.
The deputy spokesperson for Con Málaga, Toni Morillas, denounced this Thursday that the Málaga City Council criminalises families living in caravans and motorhomes in the Sacaba area. Instead of evicting them, she demanded that real alternatives be offered and that they be included in a maintenance and cleaning plan for the area.
A model of a city that expels
Morillas linked the situation to the municipal housing policy. “It cannot be that the City Council is dedicated to criminalising them and evicting them when their situation is the result of a model of a city that expels residents and makes it impossible for many working families to have the resources to pay the exorbitant rental prices,” she pointed out.
The councillor recalled that just a few weeks ago, the existence of these families in Sacaba and other areas of the city became known. “It cannot be that the City Council does not propose any alternative and that, however, what it plans is to evict and criminalise them,” she insisted.
Proposals from Con Málaga
Morillas announced that her municipal group will present a series of initiatives for the City Council to act “with them and not against them.” Among the proposals, she highlights the development of a maintenance and cleaning plan for the area in collaboration with the families themselves, as well as the search for feasible housing alternatives that allow for a dignified life.
“We find it an absolute absurdity that the City Council acts this way, without dialogue with the people living there and without addressing a situation that is closely linked to the housing emergency our city is experiencing,” she stated.
For the residents of Sacaba and the affected families, uncertainty about their future remains total. While the City Council does not specify measures, coexistence in the area remains in a precarious balance. The initiative from Con Málaga seeks, at least, to open a channel of negotiation to avoid new forced evictions.
The next step will be the formal presentation of the proposals at the municipal Plenary, where the governing team is expected to respond. Meanwhile, families continue to live in their vehicles, waiting for the housing crisis to stop being just a headline and translate into real solutions.
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