Eviction Looms for Nine in Moritz Property

The Eixample Housing Union has called on Barcelona residents to gather at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, at Passatge de Lluís Pellicer, 26, to prevent the eviction of nine occupants from an apartment owned by Casa Moritz. This marks the second attempted removal since the group began occupying the property two and a half years ago. The first eviction, scheduled for 22 September, was suspended after over five hours of protests and negotiations involving the Union, local neighbourhood associations, and dozens of demonstrators who blocked access to the building.

Owner Stands Firm Amid Broader Housing Tensions

According to the Union, attempts to negotiate with Casa Moritz have failed. The organisation criticises the company for owning multiple properties in Barcelona while seeking to leave this unit vacant post-eviction. Casa Moritz, best known for reopening its Eixample restaurant in 2021, maintains legal ownership of the residential unit under dispute.

This eviction comes at a critical moment for housing rights in Barcelona.

National Policy Reversal Fuels Local Action

The confrontation unfolds just days after Spain’s Congress rejected two key housing decrees designed to protect vulnerable tenants. Royal Decree-law 26/2026, which would have suspended evictions of vulnerable individuals without alternative housing until 31 December 2030, was defeated on Friday 2 October due to opposition from PP, Vox, and Junts, with the Basque Nationalist Party and Coalición Canaria voting against the second measure on automatic lease renewals. The legislative setback followed nationwide protests triggered by the 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal’s eviction, a case that galvanised tenant unions and led to the informal naming of proposed protections as the 'Maricarmen decree'. Despite Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s warning that opponents 'will be judged sooner than they think', the government's housing package failed to pass. Junts has stated it will support revised legislation only if the government withdraws and amends the current proposals, arguing the rules could worsen rental market access for working- and middle-class families.

Residents Urged to Mobilise

With no legal protection now in place for vulnerable renters at the national level, local housing groups say actions like the one planned for Tuesday are increasingly necessary. The Eixample Housing Union urges neighbours, activists, and citizens to attend the gathering to physically and peacefully resist the enforcement of the eviction order.

Reported by llibertat.cat, en.ara.cat, democrata.es, Jaime Barrionuevo of, bbc.com, euronews.com, theolivepress.es, cronicaglobal.elespanol.com, casamoritz.cat.